ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-AL) said that is likely that the government will have to operate on a continuing resolution when fiscal year 2023 starts on October 1, 2022. The bill funds National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research at $776 million, a 20 percent increase.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

Planning requires the expertise of ecologists, landscape architects, environmental planners, and environmental engineers, and can be incentivized by local regulations. Pete Stauber (R-MN) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution nullifying a U.S. Previously, the bat species was listed as a threatened species.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Senate committee holds hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. California, Arizona, Nevada and the federal government reach agreement to reduce water consumption in the Colorado River basin. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. Executive Branch.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

The government has been operating under a series of stop-gap measures since October 2021 and Congress has not passed a full-year budget since December 2020. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $5.88 Applegate is a career USGS employee who has served as the acting USGS director for the past year.

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

Government report on how climate change affects people and places in the United States. The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. Top line agency numbers in the spending bills include: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $6.8 Morgan is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Courts Environmental groups sue the federal government for failing to protect corals. The Biden Clean Water Act rule was released in late December and the rule was originally set to take effect in late March. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)’s Coastal Communities Acidification Act ( H.R. Four Democratic Senators, Sens. Another bill ( H.R.

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ESA

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Countries agree to protect a record number of species from wildlife trade during World Wildlife Conference. National Committee for the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Previously, the species was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Scientific Community.

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

Planning requires the expertise of ecologists, landscape architects, environmental planners, and environmental engineers, and can be incentivized by local regulations. Pete Stauber (R-MN) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution nullifying a U.S. Previously, the bat species was listed as a threatened species.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

The opinion, known as the Bernhardt Memorandum , states that project-specific GHG emissions could not pass the “may affect” test and thus GHG emissions were “not subject to consultation under the ESA and its implementing regulations.” There are many other pathways through which climate change can affect these species (e.g.,

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

USFWS issues rare emergency rule listing the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species. Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. But there has been “no sign” that China’s government intends to shift the country’s policy, said Byford Tsang, a senior policy adviser with the E3G think tank.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Congress passes a deal to keep the government funded through Dec. The significant nexus test determines that the Clean Water Act applies if wetlands have a “significant nexus” to regulated waters.

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

Congress Senate Commerce Committee to consider ocean debris legislation. Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. Across administrations, the President’s Budget Request is typically viewed as a “wishlist” and allows the administration to demonstrate its priorities and vision for the federal government.

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ESA

JANUARY 18, 2022

Judge orders USFWS to reconsider 2019 decision to not list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. Executive Branch. White House releases scientific integrity report. International.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Planning requires the expertise of ecologists, landscape architects, environmental planners, and environmental engineers, and can be incentivized by local regulations. Not Everyone Is on Board. –

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Congress passes stopgap measure to fund the government through Feb. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee advanced the nomination of Jainey Bavishi to be the assistant secretary of oceans and atmosphere at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the second-most senior position at NOAA.

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ESA

MARCH 28, 2022

Request proposes increasing non-defense discretionary spending and spending on climate and clean energy across the government. Innovation and Competition Act to conference committee. USFWS proposes listing the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species. In this issue: Biden Releases Budget Request. Executive Branch.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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ESA

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Congress working to pass spending deal before government funding expires Dec. Countries also produced a framework for an international carbon market, which would allow corporations to buy carbon offsets from governments. The federal government is currently operating under a continuing resolution, which expires Dec.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

House passes measure keeping the government open through March 11. World leaders gather in France for ocean summit. The policy should remain in place, the resolution says, until the Forest Service drafts and completes new regulations that would establish a revised wildfire strategy. Executive Branch. International.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Appropriations: Congress approved a measure to keep the government open through March 11. President Biden signed the Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act ( H.R. The federal government has been operating under a continuing resolution since October 2021. 6617 ) Feb. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. 3664 , H.R.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp. ,

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

California lists leatherback sea turtles as endangered. White House Office of Science and Technology seeks input about how the federal government can advance equity in science and technology. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Scientific Community. Federal Register opportunities. ESA and COP26.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. Circuit erred by “untethering” Section 111(d) standards from the existing source being regulated. Supreme Court seeking review of the D.C.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The Trump administration proposed steep cuts across the government in its president’s budget request, especially to scientific and environmental programs. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The full House passed the Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats (COAST) Research Act (H.R.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The manager’s bill package from Reed and Inhofe includes language from Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) reauthorizing the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. US law protecting endangered species hampered by poor resources, study says – The Guardian.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

Additionally, USFWS is proposing listing Texas fawnsfoot ( Truncilla macrodon ) as a threatened species. The agency attributes the species status to declining water quality and quantity. This proposed rule also designates 1,944 river miles as critical habitat for the species. This proposed rule is open for comments through Oct.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

Climate change is reshaping our lands and our oceans and our coasts. We cannot confront climate change without doing a far better job to protect our forests, our oceans, our wetlands and our grasslands,” Gina McCarthy, the White House national climate adviser, said during the call. Many liberal advocacy groups praised the report.

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ESA

JULY 26, 2021

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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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. The court found that there was “resounding evidence” in the record that authorized discharges may affect endangered and threatened species and critical habitat and that the U.S.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

The advisory council is tasked with providing advice and recommendations to the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council on a whole-of-government approach to environmental justice. Fish and Wildlife Service first listed the species under the Endangered Species Act in 1975.

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Many GSPA alumni pursue fellowships and careers in the federal government. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved the Endless Frontiers Act ( S. The Committee also approved the American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act ( S. 1260 ) after lengthy debate and significant amendments.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 2, 2016

the CECIL Act. which includes an amendment to the Endangered Species Act and a government-funded study on the pros and cons of trophy hunting. Candidate Species. The purpose of the amendment is to change which species the importation and exportation provision of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

USFWS: The agency granted threatened species protections for the Emperor Penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri ) under the Endangered Species Act. The Emperor Penguin is native to Antarctica and is the world’s tallest and heaviest penguin species. Questions will be taken in advance. . Says – The New York Times.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The report notes that rates of atmospheric warming and ocean acidification in the Arctic may be as much as three to four times faster than the global average. 20 Invasive Species Programs Across Mexico Tuesday, Feb. 22 The Water Resources Development Act: Provisions for Invasive Species Prevention and Management Thursday, Feb.

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