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The Big Sprawl and the Ontario election

Enviromental Defense

Unless the election forces a reversal in course, the wide swathes of Greenbelt and natural heritage, including endangered species habitat, along its route are likely to be bulldozed well before 2026. .

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 Innovation and Competition Act (USICA, S. The House also passed its NSF authorizing bill entitled NSF for the Future Act ( H.R. The Global Amphibian Protection Act ( H.R.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

ESA

Although there’s a broad consensus on the science of climate change, that’s not the case with politics. Its coal consumption is only planned to begin to drop after 2026. USFWS: The agency issued an emergency listing rule, listing the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species for 240 days, starting April 7. and the U.K.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

ESA

The directorate’s budget reaches $5 billion in FY 2026. The Endless Frontiers Act emphasizes the “Industries of the Future,” a term that typically refers to artificial intelligence, quantum information science, advanced manufacturing, 5G and biotechnology. 2026 ), which would re-establish the U.S. Scientific Community.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

This bill which would create a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increase NSF’s overall authorized funding level to around $28 billion by fiscal year (FY) 2026. Legislative updates: The House Oversight and Reform Committee approved the Preventing a Patronage System Act ( H.R

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