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Dr. Marco Hatch: Merging Ocean Science and Community-Driven Environmental Restoration

Washington Nature

By Anya Blaney Ocean scientist and TNC in Washington trustee Marco Hatch creates opportunities for under-resourced students to pursue higher education while revitalizing ancestral clam gardens. His connection to the ocean and marine ecology began in early life. I am driven by envisioning healthy communities within those ecosystems.

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New Satellite Will See Water’s Big Picture

Circle of Blue

Part of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite’s science instrument payload sits in a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory during assembly. California regulators police water use with an open-source program from OpenET. SWOT mission aims to fill global gaps in key water data.

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Should there be a ‘non-use’ agreement on solar geoengineering?

Legal Planet

So why have I signed up to an initiative by senior scholars from the social sciences which might appear to be doing the same thing – in this case calling on governments to withdraw support from the development or use of solar geoengineering , without first engaging with those whose interests they claim to be defending?

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

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 Policy News: April 3, 2023

ESA

Courts Environmental groups sue the federal government for failing to protect corals. Call for Nominations for 2023 ESA Regional Policy Award Do you know someone who has made positive efforts toward environmental sustainability in Portland, Oregon? Four Democratic Senators, Sens. EPA case before implementing the rule.

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ESA Policy News: March 6, 2023

ESA

Call for Nominations for 2023 ESA Regional Policy Award ESA seeks nominations for its annual Regional Policy Award to recognize a local or regional policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities. States Washington state holds carbon allowance auction.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

ESA

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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