Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) : Set up by the EPA to determine standards for clean water (part of the Clean Water Act). It prohibits the discharge of polluting chemicals into US waters unless a special permit is granted. It came into effect in 1993.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.

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2021 Ocean Carbon Dioxide 2022 98

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The plaintiffs’ complaint asserting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and Rivers and Harbors Act violations included allegations that the U.S. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Perry , No.

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2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

ESA

JULY 26, 2021

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. Nominations: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 10-10 to advance Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination to the full Senate.

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2021 Clean Water Act Climate Change Natural Resources 59

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

We will eliminate the highly invasive “Waters of the US” rule, and scrap the $5 trillion Obama-Clinton Climate Action Plan and the Clean Power Plan and prevent these unilateral plans from increasing monthly electric bills by double-digits without any measurable effect on Earth’s climate. [41]. This cloud, too, has a silver lining.

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2016 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Clean Air Act 40

ESA

MAY 6, 2021

At this point, the administration has failed to develop its policy beyond a catchy tagline,” House Natural Resources Committee ranking member Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) introduced the Safeguarding America’s Future and Environment (SAFE) Act ( S. Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Amendment Under The Clean Air Act.

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2021 Conservation Clean Air Act Climate Change 75