Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 15, 2025

Without specifying the context, the statement The risks of addressing climate change are too large could justify almost any decision from reinforcing a bridge to withstand extreme heat to ignoring greenhouse gas emissions because of the financial losses that the fossil fuel industry would incur.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. Minnesota v. American Petroleum Institute , No.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

The initial list of societal challenges includes climate change and sustainability and inequitable access to education, opportunity or other services. This includes a $35 million increase for the Ecological Services for Endangered Species Act activities. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. NOAA also received $20 for climate change education activities. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4

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ESA

JANUARY 18, 2022

Judge orders USFWS to reconsider 2019 decision to not list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. Pennsylvania governor vetoes measure stopping the state from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. White House releases scientific integrity report. International. Science and Engineering Jan.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Maryland State Senate Committee advances a bill to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. NEON seeks applications for the Science, Technology and Education Advisory Committee. Berhe is a professor of soil biogeochemistry and interim associate dean for graduate education at the University of California, Merced.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

This bill tasks the new directorate with accelerating research and development to advance solutions to pressing societal challenges, including climate change and sustainability, global competitiveness, STEM education and workforce and social and economic inequality. The bill also includes the Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act ( H.R.

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ESA

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Speakers include US Department of Agriculture Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics Chavonda Jacobs-Young, University of Arkansas Vice President for Agriculture Deacue Fields, Director of the Michigan State Center for Regenerative Agriculture Jason Rowntree and Felecia Nave, the president of Alcorn State University.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) did not sufficiently explain why it reversed a previous determination that the Pacific walrus qualified for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Sierra Club v. Conservation Congress v. Landry , No. 6:20-cv-00983 (W.D. May 5, 2021).

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. or 2 degrees without a radical reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and electrifying many of the things that currently run on fossil fuels. Failure to act means tough choices in the future. The IPCC said 1.5

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MARCH 6, 2023

Congress House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule using the Congressional Review Act. Executive Branch USFWS proposes listing two populations of California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. Greenhouse Gas Monitoring & Information System.

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ESA

MAY 15, 2023

Congress Senate: The full Senate voted to pass resolutions nullifying two endangered species rules finalized by the Biden administration. One rule repeals a Trump-era definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The other rule lists the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Ahead of COP, ESA issued a statement calling on world leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow to pledge immediate action to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gas emissions that limits rising temperatures to 1.5? 12 in Glasgow, Scotland. Interior Department. 8, 2021.

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

Court strikes down Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. IPBES releases reports about valuing nature and the use of wild species. Education: A new Congressional caucus focused on representing the interest of graduate researchers launched July 13. Executive Branch. International. going forward?

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ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

implement volunteering programs, outreach efforts, or education programs related to environmental policies). EPA : The draft annual greenhouse gas emissions inventory finds that U.S. Whenever possible, the nominations process should address the following: Does the candidate have a science advisor or consult with scientists?

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider 2019 decision to not list Joshua Trees under the Endangered Species Act. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals report finds that 70% of protected species are hunted for wild meat. Judge orders U.S. Illinois Governor signs climate legislation.

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

The RISE Act authorizes additional funding to science agencies to cover research disruptions and delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Rural STEM Education Act ( S. 1374 ) directs NSF to fund STEM education research focused on rural areas and efforts to increase rural students’ participation in STEM.

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ESA

APRIL 19, 2021

Among other things, the task force will review how to apply the social cost of greenhouse gas to environmental reviews of projects on Interior-managed land, according to the order. Advisory Committee for Education and Human Resources, [link]. Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education, [link].

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

Part of NSB’s congressionally mandated Science & Engineering Indicators , the report summarizes data on K-12 science and math education, higher education in science and engineering, the Labor Force, R&D, production and trade, innovation, and more. Ted Lieu (D-CA) introduced the Climate Solutions Act ( H.R.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Bureau of Land Management failed to take a hard look at the indirect and cumulative impacts of greenhouse gases associated with a coal lease that authorized expansion of a coal mine. ruled in 2019 that BLM had failed to adequately assess the potential impacts of greenhouse gas emissions for certain oil and gas leases in Wyoming.

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ESA

JULY 26, 2021

The program would pay a living wage and include a ‘robust’ education award for college costs or student loans. 2378) that would impose a carbon fee on imports from countries that have lower standards for greenhouse gas emissions. The full House passed the Desert Locust Control Act ( H.R. 2467 ) addressing PFAS pollution.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. CEQ is also planning to revive guidance on how to factor greenhouse gas emissions and climate change into NEPA reviews, after Obama-era guidance was yanked by the Trump administration. Executive Branch. International. 1816 & H.R.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

Jacky Rosen (D-NV), John Cornyn (D-TX) and Maggie Hasan (D-NH) reintroduced the Rural STEM Education Act ( S. This bill directs the National Science Foundation to fund STEM education research focused on rural areas and efforts to increase rural students’ participation in STEM. He signed it into law. Indianapolis Star.

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ESA

MAY 9, 2022

In December 2020, USFWS made a determination that listing the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act is “warranted but precluded.”. This is an international agreement to phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons that emit potent greenhouse gases. USFWS – Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting (May 24-26).

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

States The Chronicle of Higher Education launches tracker to document state-level legislation to restrict diversity, equity and inclusion programs at universities. implement volunteering programs, outreach efforts, or education programs related to environmental policies). Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Sen. 1840 & S.

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