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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut’s Ocean Champion

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Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. She set the gold standard for our state, our country and our ocean by leading the effort to fight for robust funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). billion in NOAA funding during the madness of the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations process.

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CRES Forum Event Recap: Facing Headwinds to the Deployment of U.S. Offshore Wind Energy 

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Jen Kiggans, a Conservative Climate Caucus Vice Chair, CRES Clean Energy Champion and Vice Chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee. Offshore wind has the potential to provide up to 25 percent of the nation’s electricity demand by 2050, according to the U.S.

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Climate Rides the Omnibus

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It provides for private contributions to existing funds “for the purposes of addressing the changing climate, sequestering carbon, improving wildlife habitat, protecting sources of drinking water, and addressing other natural resource priorities.” DOE’s new Grid Deployment Office will get $59.5

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A New Strategic Plan for California Offshore Wind

Legal Planet

One gigawatt is sufficient to meet electricity demand for about one million average homes in the state, according to the CEC ). In 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), held the state’s first offshore wind auction, auctioning off five leases in Central and Northern California. [1]

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Saltwater Intrusion, a “Slow Poison” to East Coast Drinking Water

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At a rate of 400 feet per year, saltwater is migrating west from the ocean to once-secure inland groundwater reserves. Even though we maybe think that groundwater is somehow isolated from the ocean, it’s not,” added Dr. Allison Lassiter, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania focusing on urban water management.

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The Stream, May 31, 2023: Iran and Taliban Exchange Gunfire, Heightening Water Tension

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Typhoon Mawar, the largest storm to hit Guam since 2002, has left many residents without water or electricity. Supreme Court narrowed Clean Water Act protections for wetlands that aren’t directly connected to “lakes, oceans, streams, and rivers.” “The The attempt succeeded. from polluters and development.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.25.23

PA Environment Daily

WEDNESDAY 10:00: DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Rachel Carson State Office Building, Room 105, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg. Join the meeting virtually via Microsoft Teams by clicking here to register.