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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

Energy Conservation. We live in an age of dwindling fossil fuels and inaction on renewable energy. The banning of DDT, the Clean Water Act, banning of shooting eagles, protected nest sites and targeted restoration programs means this majestic bird of prey has gone from just 500 at the low point to 70,000 today.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , No. Minnesota Court Affirmed Water Quality Certification for Line 3 Replacement Project. 20-1045 (D.C.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Members of the House Science Committee introduced bipartisan bills aimed at increasing collaboration between NASA and the Department of Energy ( R.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

ESA

House leadership unveils legislation reauthorizing the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science. Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. This body will review the EPA’s scientific review of current ozone pollution standards. Executive Branch. International. E&E News.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

ESA

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. ESC – Statement to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board On the Critical Role the DOE Office of Science Plays in Responding to the Climate Challenge and Clean Energy Transition (Jan. Executive Branch. International.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.

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Policy News: May 17, 2021

ESA

Regan and the EPA’s top water official, Radhika Fox, announced that the agency will hold listening sessions across the country this summer and fall to seek stakeholder input about how the agency should define streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Spain approves ‘milestone’ clean energy climate bill – Al Jazeera.

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