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Policy News: May 17, 2021

ESA

Todd Young’s (R-IN) proposal to increase competitiveness with China by creating a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and authorizing $100 billion in NSF over five years. The Senate Commerce Committee also amended the Endless Frontiers Act to add several standalone STEM bills including the RISE Act ( S.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

There may also be requirements on what technologies must be used for mitigation such as the use of catalytic converters in cars that used older lead fuel (6). We are already seeing the depletion of the ice caps and rising sea levels. 10 years later, the act was modified to include toxic pollutants and funded sewage.