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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

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Rob Portman (R-OH) reauthorizes the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Act through FY 2027 and authorizes $20 million a year for the program. NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Rule to List the Queen Conch as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act. 7, 2022.

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Did Biden have to approve the Willow oil project?

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Does anyone really imagine that this project’s greenhouse gas emissions would not adversely affect the habitat of polar bears, or other ice-dependent listed species? In The Atlantic, Emma Marris takes an in-depth look at the IEA 2021 report as context to the Willow project and finds it unnecessary to meet U.S.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

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9135 ) reauthorizing the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act through FY 2027 and increasing the authorized funding for the program from $20 million in FY 2023 to FY 2027 $25 million in FY 2027. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Maria Salazar (R-FL) introduced legislation ( H.R. Nominations must be received by Oct.

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Federal Water Tap, February 17: House Republicans Move to Overturn Rules on Lead in Drinking Water

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The groups priorities extend from public lands management and wildfire prevention to reforms of the Endangered Species Act and federal environmental reviews that would allow for more mining, drilling, and building. The bill reauthorizes, through 2027, a pilot program to pay water users to conserve water.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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The bill also includes the Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act ( H.R. 2695 ), the STEM Opportunities Act ( H.R. 204 ), the MSI STEM Achievement Act ( H.R. 2027 ) and Rural STEM Education Research Act ( H.R. Scientific and commercial information pertinent to the petitioned action must be received by Feb.

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ESA Policy News: December 5, 2022

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The bill authorizes $5 million for this study each year through Fiscal Year 2027. USFWS: Citing the impacts of white-nose syndrome on the species, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) finalized a rule listing the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) as an endangered species. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Sen.

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Policy News: February 14, 2022

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The bill also includes the Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act ( H.R. 2695 ), the STEM Opportunities Act ( H.R. 204 ), the MSI STEM Achievement Act ( H.R. 2027 ) and Rural STEM Education Research Act ( H.R. Geological Survey’s National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers.

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