Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

“If we don’t want even worse wildfires and more frequent pandemics to be our new normal, we must elect governments who will take ambitious action to drastically reduce our consumption of natural resources – and invest in the health of people and planet.”.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

This year saw significant budget allocations to facilitate California’s conservation goals.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Rising sea temperatures are impairing the health of marine environments around the islands, by coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Tides are rising every year, flooding homes, lands, and important cultural sites. The indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands are among the most vulnerable populations to the impact of climate change.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a sub-agency within Interior, promulgated regulations in 2009 which set forth the procedure for leasing, siting, construction, and operation of offshore wind projects.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 2, 2016

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Without political support, despite the possible good the CECIL Act could create, the amendment will not be successful. An interesting political circumstance surrounding CECIL (H.R.3448) An interesting political circumstance surrounding CECIL (H.R.3448) FWS) and the.

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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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Acoel

JANUARY 12, 2022

ocean areas by 2030. Might there be a political explanation? If the Biden Administration were to highlight freshwater conservation deficiencies and potential legal reforms, it may be akin to touching the political third rail, which could jeopardize the entire 30 x 30 initiative. lands and water and 30 percent of U.S.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 4, 2022

Climate change continues to drive rising ocean temperature and fuel coastal storms. Natural disasters are threatening communities, infrastructure and ecosystems in the coastal zone. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Never miss an update. Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list. Enter Your Email.loading.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The court held that NJDEP had acted within its authority when it acquired property interests to construct a dune and berm system along Long Beach Island and along 14 miles of coastline in northern Ocean County after Superstorm Sandy. at its theme park in Jackson Township in Ocean County. Natural Resources Defense Council v.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The key difference according to the US National Park Service is that conservation ethics seeks the “proper use” of natural resources while preservation seeks to protect nature against any kind of use. This concern about natural resources meant the 19 th century was also a great expansion in conservation in other areas.

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Legal Planet

JULY 1, 2022

The bill took key amendments in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Assemblymember Luz Rivas, including important details about the mitigation fee and its disbursement. And environmental groups held fast through the negotiations, refusing to compromise on a law that wouldn’t meet their core objectives.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Greenpeace campaign “Coca-Cola is flooding our oceans with plastic” Greenpeace | October 2, 2017 Greenpeace has begun a worldwide campaign against Coca-Cola. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Greenpeace campaign “Coca-Cola is flooding our oceans with plastic” Greenpeace | October 2, 2017 Greenpeace has begun a worldwide campaign against Coca-Cola. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2023

Supreme Court narrowed Clean Water Act protections for wetlands that aren’t directly connected to “lakes, oceans, streams, and rivers.” “The The Supreme Court ripped the heart out of the law we depend on to protect American waters and wetlands.” — Manish Bapna, president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a statement.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Greenpeace campaign “Coca-Cola is flooding our oceans with plastic” Greenpeace | October 2, 2017 Greenpeace has begun a worldwide campaign against Coca-Cola. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Much of the media coverage so far has focused on the political dynamics driving the decision (as noted with some alarm here and here ) and devoted less attention to the legal dynamics. That approval came a day after the administration said it would bar drilling in some other areas of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 23, 2021

But when I look back on this year, I am so energized by what we have accomplished for our ocean. Through a changing administration, an ongoing global pandemic and a tumultuous political environment, we at Ocean Conservancy have never lost sight of our goal of a healthy and resilient ocean that supports us all.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

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). Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Perry , No.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A pipeline failure on California’s coast leaked more than 100,000 gallons of oil into the Pacific Ocean and a protected wetland. Climate change, population growth, aging infrastructure, and political conflict all contribute to the gaps in water access. A report from UN officials called for water equity between Palestine and Israel.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. Joe Manchin (D-WV). 2 – Associated Press.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Although the district court acknowledged that BLM provided “a lengthier explanation” of its reasons for not quantifying foreign emissions than the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management provided in the earlier case, the court found that BLM still did not “thoroughly explain” why an estimate of foreign emissions was impossible. Rhode Island v.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A career specialist in soils and forestry health, most of it with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, a unit of the U.S. trillion American food and fiber production sector that counts powerful allies in marketing, equipment, chemical, energy industries, and politics. . are the frontline of an immense $1.1

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2023

The building housing the departments of Environmental Protection and Conservation and Natural Resources in Harrisburg is named in her honor. She wrote three popular books about the oceans, won the National Book Award and developed a storytelling style that added to the punch of her last, and greatest, book.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Ninth Circuit Said Biden Action Mooted Case Challenging Trump Revocation of Withdrawal of Oceans Lands from Oil and Gas Leasing. In both cases, the New York plaintiffs argue that the allocation of the summer flounder quota is based on obsolete data that does not reflect the fishery’s northeast shift, which may be due in part to ocean warming.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2022

But the fact that they can pass as part of a bipartisan spending law is a sign of how climate change is slowly becoming normalized as a political consideration. For the first time, the bill also authorizes the federal government to purchase carbon that has been removed from the air or the ocean.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

They prop up fossil fuel industry infrastructure as the industry itself buys political influence to blunt and block any unified strategy for a fossil phase-down. BP, Shell, Aramco and two Texas oil and gas companies, Pioneer Natural Resources and Diamondback Energy, all received between $23 billion and $31 billion in financing.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court said the plaintiff had not alleged an injury connected to any particular action or law and that her allegations instead suggested disagreements with the defendants’ policy positions, which made her claims nonjusticiable political questions. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Republican National Committee , No.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2023

WEDNESDAY 10:00: DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Rachel Carson State Office Building, Room 105, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg. Join the meeting virtually via Microsoft Teams by clicking here to register.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Although there’s a broad consensus on the science of climate change, that’s not the case with politics. Other methods, like tech to suck carbon out of the air or intervening in marine systems to boost the sequestration potential of oceans, are less vulnerable to reversal and don’t pose the same land issues, but most are in their infancy.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advances nomination of Asmeret Asefaw Berhe to lead Department of Energy’s Office of Science. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $5.88 Huffman is a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee. NSF receives a four percent increase.

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

Next week, the House is expected to consider another six spending bills, including a bill funding the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. House Natural Resources Committee: The full committee voted to advance a bill ( H.R. Comments must be submitted by July 28, 2022.

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

ESA and the scientific community opposed this executive order over concerns that it could be used to fire scientists whose results contradict the preferences of political appointees. Improved satellite capabilities will benefit climate adaptation and mitigation, healthy oceans and resilient coastal communities. E&E News.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

NOAA: The House Science Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18, to consider Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK)’s draft legislation to take the National Oceanic Administration out of the Department of Commerce and make NOAA into an independent agency. The hearing witnesses are three former NOAA administrators.

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

NOAA: The House Science Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18, to consider Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK)’s draft legislation to take the National Oceanic Administration out of the Department of Commerce and make NOAA into an independent agency. The hearing witnesses are three former NOAA administrators.

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

Senators confirmed Richard Spinrad to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by a voice vote. He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. Spinrad is a professor of oceanography at Oregon State University.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Environmental justice communities already face a disproportionate amount of pollution emanating from political disenfranchisement and racist policies like redlining. The full Senate also confirmed Monica Medina to be assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs by a 61-36 vote.

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