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The Big Sprawl and the Ontario election

Enviromental Defense

They will push dignified housing even further out of reach for more Ontarians, and consign most Ontarians to wasteful suburbs where greenhouse gas emissions are sky high because we can’t easily commute, shop, or run errands without relying on a car.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 House votes to ‘disapprove’ of entering Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, defying Gov.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

ESA

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 House passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. Executive Branch.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

ESA

This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. or 2 degrees without a radical reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and electrifying many of the things that currently run on fossil fuels. Its coal consumption is only planned to begin to drop after 2026.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

Innovation and Competition Act. Bill increases authorized funding for the National Science Foundation to $29 billion by FY 2026. Federal agencies plan to reverse National Environmental Policy Act rules and more. US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Executive Branch.

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Policy News: October 25, 2021

ESA

Ahead of COP, ESA issued a statement calling on world leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow to pledge immediate action to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gas emissions that limits rising temperatures to 1.5? 12 in Glasgow, Scotland. EPA – National Priorities List.

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Policy News: May 17, 2021

ESA

The directorate’s budget reaches $5 billion in FY 2026. Before the subcommittee hearing, ESA and 29 other scientific societies and organizations endorsed the NSF for the Future Act. Sean Casten (D-IL) ‘s Climate Risk Disclosure Act ( H.R. Lawmakers recommend increasing funding for this directorate by 50 percent each year.

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