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Policy News: September 12, 2022

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Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. 2 – Associated Press.

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ESA Policy News: January 9, 2023

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The EPA’s Geographic Programs budget, which funds the restoration of nationally significant bodies of water, such as the Great Lakes and the Chesapeake Bay, is increased to $681.7 Appropriators increase the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget $6.2 The EPA announced a new Clean Water Rule in Dec.

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Policy News: July 27, 2021

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Senators reintroduce Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. Judge rules Maui County, Hawaii must receive a Clean Water Act permit in a case that reached the Supreme Court. This includes a 39% increase for climate research and a 29% increase for the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Executive Branch.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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Todd Young’s (R-IN) Endless Frontiers Act from the last Congress, Biden endorses investing $50 billion to create a new technology directorate in the National Science Foundation to fund research on topics like semiconductors and advanced computing, advanced communications technology, advanced energy technologies and biotechnology.

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