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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

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For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs.

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Policy News: May 9, 2022

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OSTP : The National Academies of Science will host a discussion with Acting Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Alondra Nelson about equitable community participation in federally funded research Thursday, May 12. The draft tool is also open for public comment through May 25, 2022. The late Paul G.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

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This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. or 2 degrees without a radical reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and electrifying many of the things that currently run on fossil fuels. Failure to act means tough choices in the future. The IPCC said 1.5

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. This bill creates a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increases NSF’s overall authorized funding level to $29 billion by fiscal year (FY) 2026. 289 ), the Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act and the Rural STEM Act.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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White House: President Biden met with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology after a meeting of the council, which focused on efforts to improve monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate innovation in energy technology. Executive Branch. View the White House readout.

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ESA Policy News: May 15, 2023

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Congress Senate: The full Senate voted to pass resolutions nullifying two endangered species rules finalized by the Biden administration. One rule repeals a Trump-era definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The other rule lists the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species.

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ESA Policy News: February 20, 2023

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Mike Collins (R-GA) will chair the Research and Technology Subcommittee and Rep. EPA : The draft annual greenhouse gas emissions inventory finds that U.S. Potential climate actions identified in the letter include developing a national climate adaptation strategy and adapting new greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.

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