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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 The Environmental Protection Agency receives $100 million for air quality and climate research.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. Dilution of salts in our oceans can affect the ecological balance of that ocean.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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). It demands to be governed by as universal a rule of apportioning responsibility as is available.” AquAlliance v.

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Policy News: July 27, 2021

ESA

This includes a 39% increase for climate research and a 29% increase for the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. This bill is also included in the Oceans Based Climate Solutions Act ( H.R. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing removing 205,000 acres in Oregon from the species’ designated critical habitat.

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Special Policy News #7: The Transition

ESA

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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Policy News: May 17, 2021

ESA

Senate Commerce Committee: The Committee voted to advance the Bolstering Long-term Understanding and Exploration of the Great Lakes, Oceans, Bays and Estuaries (BLUE GLOBE) Act ( S. The Committee also approved the American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act ( S. 140 ), which is sponsored by Sens. Justice Dept. Justice Dept.

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Policy News: May 6, 2021

ESA

“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. Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

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