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Protecting Public Health Is Complicated. But Science Can Help, and the Time Is Now.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Incremental (step-by-step) approaches In 2022, the EPA published an Environmental Justice Legal Tools document and a Cumulative Impacts Addendum. However, since major US environmental laws are enacted to protect the air, water, and land separately (i.e. Overburdened communities cannot wait any longer.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

Circle of Blue

Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most Algae blooms are hiking the cost of water for people already struggling to pay their bills. September 20, 2022 . The Clean Water Act is a clunky instrument for addressing diffuse pollution. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue. Photographs by J.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. White House: The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) will meet Nov 9, 2022. NSF will release a report about the data in early December 2022.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

ESA

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. The bill largely keeps government programs funded at their fiscal year 2022 levels. 14 to 21, 2022.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

ESA

Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Science and Engineering 2022 report. The 60-day open nomination period will close on Monday, March 28, 2022. This body will review the EPA’s scientific review of current ozone pollution standards. Public comments on the proposed rule close March 28, 2022.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

This was the first in-person Graduate Student Policy Award event in-person since 2019 and the first GSPA Hill visits since Congress passed the Chips and Science Act with bipartisan support in fall 2022. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

In this issue: Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. ESA invites you to apply for the virtual 2022 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). Several 1-2 hour training and prep sessions will occur in late January and February 2022 over Zoom. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award. or WOTUS. “In

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