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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

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NSF : The agency issued a solicitation for a new multidisciplinary, world-class educational center at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico that aims to serve as a hub for STEM education and outreach. Smaller telescopes and facilities at the Arecibo site remain in use and could be incorporated into the educational center.

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ESA Policy News: November 7, 2022

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USFWS: The agency granted threatened species protections for the Emperor Penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri ) under the Endangered Species Act. The Emperor Penguin is native to Antarctica and is the world’s tallest and heaviest penguin species. Antarctic ozone hole shrinks slightly – The Hill.

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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. EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and CASAC Ozone Review Panel (Nov.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. In addition, the court found that BLM acted contrary to law by failing to consider a statutory directive to give “maximum protection” to surface values in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

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This board advises all of NOAA about long- and short-range strategies for research, education, and application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction. The Chronicle of Higher Education Will a new national park mend tribal ties? – Not Everyone Is on Board. –

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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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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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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NOAA also receives $20 million for climate change education activities. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 The agency designated 563 river miles as critical habitat for the species. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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