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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

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ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press. EPA begins work to set up $27 bln green bank – Reuters. Scientific Community.

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JBS fires indigenous worker in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for reporting precarious company buses, says union

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Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. Supermarkets and banks can stop this. JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. SA) agreed to pay $52.5

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NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments

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Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. Supermarkets and banks can stop this. JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. SA) agreed to pay $52.5

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Policy News: August 1, 2022

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The bill includes $60 billion for environmental justice, $3 billion for climate justice block grants and $27 billion for a new federal green bank. House: The full House of Represenatives passed a package of about 40 wildfire and drought-related bills, named the Wildfire Response and Drought Resilency Act ( H.R.

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ESA Policy News: April 17, 2023

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The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Congress Clean Water Act: President Joe Biden vetoed a Congressional Review Act measure that would have nullified the administration’s most recent Clean Water Act rule, which seeks to define the “Water of the U.S.”

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ESA Policy News: April 17, 2023

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Congress President Joe Biden vetoes measure to nullify the administration’s most recent Clean Water Act rule. 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. Forests: Reps.

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