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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone.

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Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

The developing science of climatology with its understanding of the need for chemistry made scientists concerned for the future on seeing masses amounts of carbon released into the atmosphere (8) , but also (as it was previously) regarding trees as a resource and the potential for depletion.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

ESA & ESAL Webinar “Protecting Waterways for Healthy Communities and Ecosystems” – Monday, May 8 at 2:00 pm Join ESAL and ESA to learn how science and policy intersect to protect waterways, hear from local advocates for ecologically sound practices, and discuss the potential impact of an ongoing Supreme Court Case.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit Said EPA Decision to Expand Partial Vacatur of HFC Prohibition Required Notice and Comment.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants. John Sarbanes (D-MD) introduced the Chesapeake Bay Science, Education and Ecosystem Enhancement (SEEE) Act ( S. 1816 & H.R. This definition prohibits the U.S.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Environmental Protection Agency. This includes $936 million for a new Accelerating Environmental and Economic Justice initiative. EPA – National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Meetings (June 17). Overall, President Biden requested $6.9 Biden requests $11.2

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