Tag: EPA

Under a new policy, the Environmental Protection Agency will now take into account impacts of pesticides on species listed under the Endangered Species Act before allowing the chemicals to be...

The Biden administration is planning to release a new definition of what constitutes a “water of the U.S.” under the Clean Water Act later this year. The Environmental Protection Agency...

A final rule implementing a new definition of “waters of the United States,” published by the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers, will limit the reach of the...

The Wildlife Society joined with the American Fisheries Society to submit comments on a recent proposal to redefine “waters of the U.S.,” the phrase that determines whether the Clean Water...

The administration released a proposal to reduce the Clean Water Act’s authority over isolated wetlands and other waterways. The proposed rule would redefine “waters of the U.S.,” the phrase that...

The most recent National Climate Assessment was released last week. This second volume, “Impacts, Risks and Adaptation in the United States,” follows the report on climate change science released last...

Interior Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt issued a new policy on ‘open science’ Sept. 28. Under the four-page memo, Interior bureaus will be required to make publicly available the scientific data...

The Union of Concerned Scientists surveyed scientists in 16 federal agencies to gauge the role of science in the current administration. The results appear in a new report, Science Under...

The Senate has passed the appropriations bill (H.R. 6147) for the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies as part of a small omnibus package, or “minibus,” with the Agriculture, Financial Services-General...

On Thursday last week, the Senate Committee on Appropriations unanimously approved a $32.6 billion Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year (FY) 2019 (S. 3073) Only one...