Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Murray Energy Sought Supreme Court Review of Fourth Circuit’s Dismissal of Clean Air Act Jobs Study Case. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. After Proposing Repeal of Clean Power Plan, EPA Sought Continued Abeyance of Pending Cases in D.C. Foster , No. 34-2016-CR-00187 (N.D. decision Sept. 15-1363 (D.C.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

The bill funds National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research at $776 million, a 20 percent increase. 7025 ), sponsored by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), that aims to stop U.S. Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AZ) is a co-sponsor.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The court held that the City’s claims were not completely preempted by the Clean Air Act and also was not persuaded by the companies’ argument that the claims necessarily arose under federal common law. The companies argued that even if state law did apply, the Clean Air Act and foreign affairs doctrine would preempt the claims.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 14, 2025

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is expected to hold a hearing on Wrights nomination tomorrow. Should Mr. Wright engage in such tactics during his confirmation hearing, Senators on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee must not allow him to get away with this ploy. Wind and solar are clean energy.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. UN seeks input about possible topics for the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue. Lawmakers have submitted over 500 amendments to the America COMPETES Act. Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R.

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee advanced the nomination of Jainey Bavishi to be the assistant secretary of oceans and atmosphere at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the second-most senior position at NOAA. Cliff Bentz (R-OR) introduced the Northern Spotted Owl Habitat Improvement Act ( H.R.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In this issue: Congressional Leadership Releases Committee Rosters House Science Committee, House Natural Resources and other committees fill out leadership rosters and add freshmen members for the 118th Congress. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) announced the committee leadership.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The EPA receives $100 million for air quality and climate research and NASA gets $115 million for climate research. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 He served as the USDA undersecretary for nature resources and the environment in the Obama administration. 5345 ), sponsored by Rep. NOAA – U.S.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

National Committee for the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. ESA to Hold Informational US National Nature Assessment Webinar Dec. 5345 ) in the House of Representatives, which passed the House Natural Resources Committee last month. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. ExxonMobil Corp. applied federal common law. Perry , No.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

As a threshold matter, the court found that Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and one of the state petitioners (New York) each had standing based on potential injuries from climate change which were caused in part by HFC emissions and which would be redressed by restrictions on such emissions. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Jake Schmidt, the international climate director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the nationally determined contribution to the Paris Agreement would have been the product of an interagency process that worked its way up from technical staff to deputies to principals before the White House decided on the goal of 50 to 52 percent.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

The report’s authors conclude that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land and that widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. Energy and Natural Resources. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. Chair : Sen.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The full Senate also confirmed Monica Medina to be assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs by a 61-36 vote. During her confirmation hearing, Medina pledged to prioritize addressing biodiversity loss, ocean protection and space policy. The bill authorizes the U.S. 5, 2021.

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JULY 18, 2022

Next week, the House is expected to consider another six spending bills, including a bill funding the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. House Natural Resources Committee: The full committee voted to advance a bill ( H.R. She has a Ph.D. West Virginia v. EPA decision.

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ESA

APRIL 19, 2021

Beaudreau is a former Obama administration official who served as director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and chief of staff to former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. OEMB – Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Ocean Wind, LLC’s Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore New Jersey (Apr.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

NOAA: The House Science Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18, to consider Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK)’s draft legislation to take the National Oceanic Administration out of the Department of Commerce and make NOAA into an independent agency. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Request for Nominations.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

An internal House Natural Resources Committee document obtained by E&E News shows that the committee intends to spend $3 billion on the Civilian Climate Corps, $120 million for the NOAA Civilian Conservation Corps and $500 million for the Tribal Civilian Conservation Corps. The House also expects to pass the Senate’s $1.2

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

NOAA: The House Science Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18, to consider Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK)’s draft legislation to take the National Oceanic Administration out of the Department of Commerce and make NOAA into an independent agency. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Request for Nominations.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

“Nature in America is in trouble,” Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory said during a call with reporters Thursday. Climate change is reshaping our lands and our oceans and our coasts. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) introduced the Safeguarding America’s Future and Environment (SAFE) Act ( S. 1420 and H.R.

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

Senators confirmed Richard Spinrad to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by a voice vote. He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. Marco Rubio (R-FL)’s South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act ( S.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. Ninth Circuit Said Biden Action Mooted Case Challenging Trump Revocation of Withdrawal of Oceans Lands from Oil and Gas Leasing. United States v. California , No.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

BLM – Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council Meeting (Apr. BLM – Idaho Resource Advisory Council Meeting (Apr. BOEM – Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Ocean Wind, LLC’s Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore New Jersey (Apr. Forest Service – Missoula Resource Advisory Committee (Apr.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal introduced the Extinction Prevention Act ( H.R. The full House passed the Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats (COAST) Research Act (H.R. Biden requests $11.2

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Chellie Pingree (D-ME)’s Coastal Communities Acidification Act ( H.R. 676 ), which requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to collaborate with state and local governments and Indian Tribes on vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification. Another bill ( H.R. 1496 ) from Rep. 1705 and S.

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