National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

Background Swampbuster is the term commonly used to refer to provisions of the Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation program that address wetland conservation. Swampbuster is implemented by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (“NRCS”).

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Reforming Oceanic Governance: A Department of Oceans by Joseph Lepak Current federal ocean governance is spread across a myriad of federal agencies in different departments and the time has come to bring them all together. Governing this vast area, four agency mandates prioritize oceans, while other mandates involve oceans.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 22, 2024

FEMA also prioritizes funds for other critical resilience activities that are often underprioritized such as implementing building codes and conserving and restoring wetlands and dunes. As one of the FEMA programs under Justice40 , FEMA ensures a minimum of 40 percent of the benefits are targeted to historically disadvantaged communities.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Although in its early stages, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) techniques – i.e., techniques that remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – have gained traction in recent years as a climate change mitigation strategy. Relevant phrases from NDCs, including these terms, were extracted and analyzed. Australia is another example.

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Physics World

JUNE 3, 2025

The team, led by atmospheric scientist Ning Zeng of the University of Maryland in the US, found that the wood had only lost 5% of its carbon compared with a freshly cut Eastern red cedar log. When plants decompose or are burnt, they release the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) they had absorbed from the atmosphere. straw) or marine (e.g.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 3, 2025

Project 2025, the far-rights playbook for systemically reshaping the federal government, specifically calls out the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to be dismantled, downsized, and eliminated. NOAA watches the oceans and coasts for you Do you like seafood? Are you taking a commercial flight today?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 30, 2025

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is in the Trump administrations crosshairs. 2: Protecting endangered species NOAA is the US agency responsible for protecting endangered species found in US oceans (those living on land or rivers are covered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service).

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National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

(CFIUS) Commodity Credit Corporation Department of Energy Department of Labor Environmental Protection Agency Farm Service Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fish and Wildlife Service Food and Drug Administration Food and Nutrition Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Foreign Agricultural Service Forest (..)

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 4, 2024

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 1, 2025

While SNAP appears to be the most likely agriculture-related program to suffer significant reconciliation cuts, other programsfrom conservation to agricultural research to rural developmentcould also be in danger of losing funds if legislators decide more money needs to be found to reach a final level to offset tax cuts for the wealthy.

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National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 24 Jul The Feed: Vol.

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National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

The OBBBA includes provisions related to agricultural commodity programs, nutrition programs, tax policies, and conservation programs. The following is an overview of the conservation measures included in the OBBBA that are relevant to agriculture, and a collection of further resources on other agriculture-related OBBBA provisions.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

But they were able to do it thanks to support from an environmental education grant CBF got from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Revamping the entire course was daunting and exhausting work, Bentz said.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 28, 2025

Even the conservatives at a property rights conference I spoke at were shocked by this blatant attack on private property. Another agency, NOAA studies ocean and atmospheric systems, providing crucial information about climate change. Disavowing Environmental Justice. The head of EPA plans to go much farther, however.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

A former member of Congress from Long Island, New York, with scant regulatory experience, Zeldin promised to defer to the research of the scientists on whether climate change made oceans more acidic. That finding , made under the Obama administration, girded federal efforts to reduce vehicle and industrial emissions.

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Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2025

Elimination of EPAs Atmospheric Protection Program on the grounds that it imposes unnecessary and radical climate change regulations on businesses and stifles economic growth through its prioritization of climate change over job creation and energy independence.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 7, 2025

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), commercial and recreational fisheries provide 1.7 Bush respectively signed into law the Clean Water Act and the North American Wetlands Conservation Act in 1989. They all spend a portion of their lives in wetlands. million jobs. Photos by Derrick Z.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Register today for this unique opportunity to come together and discuss the pressing issue of freshwater resource conservation in the growing demand for data centers and electricity usage. Penn State Extension educators will provide details about solar farms and associated impacts to water resources. Resource Link: -- Gov.

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National Law Center

JULY 10, 2025

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National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2025

billion in National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) grants and research, targeting climate and education programs. Department of Agriculture (USDA) who work with farmers to implement conservation practices. The Trump Administrations fiscal year 2026 budget would eliminate $1.3

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National Law Center

JULY 11, 2025

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National Law Center

JUNE 12, 2025

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National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

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National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

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National Law Center

JUNE 26, 2025

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National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

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National Law Center

JUNE 4, 2025

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National Law Center

JUNE 17, 2025

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National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The CERES estimates of the top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes are available from 2001 to the present. 2021) show that the trends in the EEI derived from CERES match what you get from the changes in ocean heat content. Satellite-derived trends in EEI compared to estimates from changes in ocean heat (Loeb et al.,

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Climate change is here, and nowhere is this more immediately apparent than in our ocean. It makes sense that our ocean would bear the most immediate impacts because it is on the front line of actually absorbing and storing the carbon that causes climate change to begin with. But not all mCDR is created equal.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

No funding agreement by the deadline (October 1) means the government, including agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shuts down. putting undue stress on people, our economy and our ocean. A government shutdown will put a hard stop on NOAA’s ocean research.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As deeply troubling reports continue to come in about ocean waters hitting historic hot temperatures, sectors like global shipping are trying to understand the consequences of a warmer ocean and what can be done to stop the heating. So, we’re seeing the ocean heat up, lose oxygen and get bigger.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For ocean advocates like me who have been tracking the $1.5 Ocean Conservancy’s Justice40 interim report dives into research conducted in Florida at the nexus of failing water infrastructure, climate risk, and federal infrastructure investments in disadvantaged communities.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The ocean has absorbed nearly 33% of all greenhouse gas emissions and around 90% of the excess heat produced through climate change. It may seem like a good thing all around that the ocean is protecting us in this way, but the ocean actually pays a hefty price. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2023

In the US, when we check our local weather forecast, when our communities are recovering from an extreme weather event, or when our fisherfolk are at sea catching food, we are benefitting from the work of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). To conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources.”

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