Atmosphere Clean Water Act Fossil Fuels Ozone 
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2023
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).
ESA
APRIL 11, 2022
Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Despite the panel’s regular reports about the consequences of burning fossil fuels, between 1990 and 2019 global emissions rose 54 percent and they are still rising. Senate committee approves conservation funding bill. Executive Branch.
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ESA
MAY 15, 2023
States A report from Chesapeake Bay Program science advisors questions long-standing approach to Chesapeake Bay clean up. International UAE spokesperson says that the world is not ready to “switch off” fossil fuels ahead of COP28. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)’s Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act ( H.R. 1715 ). . –
ESA
MAY 4, 2023
Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Courts Climate lawsuit filed by Hawai’i teens advances in state courts.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
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.
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 The bill includes the Senate’s drinking water infrastructure reauthorization bill ( S. For the first time, the pact calls for a “phase down” the use of coal and fossil fuel subsidies. billion for coastal mapping, resilience and related projects. or WOTUS. “In
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
Big-ticket Interior rules: The Interior Department does not anticipate even providing advanced notice of a rule modifying the “fees, rents, royalties, and bonding requirements” for fossil fuel leasing until September and does not anticipate a proposed rule until May 2022. 1816 & H.R. This definition prohibits the U.S.
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