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Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

Union of Concerned Scientists

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).

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

ESA

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. EPA – Public Meetings of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ozone Panel (April 29). EPA – Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act. Senate committee approves conservation funding bill. Executive Branch.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

ESA

The SAB Staff Office is especially interested in scientists with the expertise described above who have knowledge and experience relating to criteria pollutants (carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, ozone, particulate matter and sulfur oxides). Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act.

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