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Question· writtenPQ 153asked

153. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the scale of developmental interventions which she views will be necessary in the post-Covid-19 environment; and the innovations she is considering in their delivery. [34508/21]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021

153. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the scale of developmental interventions which she views will be necessary in the post-Covid-19 environment; and the innovations she is considering in their delivery. [34508/21]

Question· writtenPQ 129asked

129. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the capacity the social insurance fund has to support workers in the face of new challenges in the work, life environment; and the way this can best be harnessed. [34509/21]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021

129. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the capacity the social insurance fund has to support workers in the face of new challenges in the work, life environment; and the way this can best be harnessed. [34509/21]

Bill· HRH.R. 4302 (117th)referred

Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 2021

Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act This bill establishes forest management, forest conservation, and wildfire prevention programs and activities. The bill establishes a collaborative prescribed fire program, an incentive program for large, cross-boundary prescribed fires, a program to remove or treat bark beetle-killed or infested trees, the Restoration and Resilience Partnership Program, and Forest Reserve Revenue Areas to generate revenue for counties. The bill also provides for, among other things the removal of certain trees or parts of those trees that come within 500 feet of an electric power line as hazard trees, the selection and implementation of landscape-scale forest restoration projects, removing the maximum term limits on stewardship end result contracting projects, study of only two alternatives (action vs. nonaction) in proposed collaborative forest management activities, the balancing of the long- and short-term effects of forest management activities on the affected ecosystem while considering injunctive relief, categorical exclusions from certain environmental requirements for specified forest management activities, and the expansion of the fire regime areas outside the wildland-urban interface for which a collaborative restoration project may be conducted.

Bill· HRH.R. 4336 (117th)referred

NEPA State Assignment Expansion Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 2021

NEPA State Assignment Expansion Act This bill allows certain states to enter into agreements with federal agencies to assume federal responsibilities regarding the environmental review of proposed major federal actions under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Bill· HRH.R. 4313 (117th)referred

Small Refinery Exemption Clarification Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 2021

Small Refinery Exemption Clarification Act of 2021 This bill states that a small refinery may submit a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency for an exemption from the requirements of the Renewable Fuel Program only if that refinery has received an exemption continuously since 2011. Thus, small refineries may not request extensions of exemptions if previous exemptions are already expired.

Bill· HRH.R. 4339 (117th)referred

Military PFAS Testing Disclosure Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 2021

Military PFAS Testing Disclosure Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to immediately publicly disclose the results of any testing for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, conducted on or at specified sites (i.e., areas surrounding DOD military installations in the United States, formerly used defense sites, and state-owned facilities of the National Guard). DOD must also disclose the expected timing and location of any planned testing for PFAS conducted at the specified sites. DOD may satisfy the disclosure requirements by publishing the information, data sets, and results relating to the testing on a publicly available DOD website or in the Federal Register. Prior to conducting any testing for PFAS, DOD must provide notice in writing to (1) the managers of the public water system and the publicly owned treatment works serving the areas located immediately adjacent to the military installation being tested, (2) the municipal government serving the areas located immediately adjacent to the military installation being tested, and (3) all Restoration Advisory Board members for the military installation where the testing is to occur. DOD must test for any PFAS for which a method of measurement in drinking water has been validated by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Bill· HRH.R. 4335 (117th)referred

NEPA Accountability and Enforcement Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 2021

NEPA Accountability and Enforcement Act This bills establishes (1) deadlines for federal agencies to complete reviews of the environmental effects of proposed major federal actions, and (2) penalties for agencies that do not comply with these deadlines.

Report· Ausschussbericht982 d.B.ausschussbericht

Erneuerbaren-Ausbau-Gesetzespaket – EAG-Paket

Austria · National Council · 30 June 2021

Bericht des Ausschusses für Wirtschaft, Industrie und Energie über die Regierungsvorlage (733 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem ein Bundesgesetz über den Ausbau von Energie aus erneuerbaren Quellen (Erneuerbaren-Ausbau-Gesetz – EAG) erlassen wird sowie das Ökostromgesetz 2012, das Elektrizitätswirtschafts- und -organisationsgesetz 2010, das Gaswirtschaftsgesetz 2011, das Energielenkungsgesetz 2012, das Energie-Control-Gesetz, das Bundesgesetz zur Festlegung einheitlicher Standards beim Infrastrukturaufbau für alternative Kraftstoffe, das Wärme- und Kälteleitungsausbaugesetz, das Starkstromwegegesetz 1968 und das Bundesgesetz über elektrische Leitungsanlagen, die sich nicht auf zwei oder mehrere Bundesländer erstrecken, geändert werden (Erneuerbaren-Ausbau-Gesetzespaket – EAG-Paket)

Report· Bericht und Antrag983 d.B.bericht und antrag

Umweltförderungsgesetz, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 30 June 2021

Bericht und Antrag des Ausschusses für Wirtschaft, Industrie und Energie über den Entwurf eines Bundesgesetzes, mit dem das Umweltförderungsgesetz geändert wird

Question· Written questionUIN 25035answered

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Directors

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what declaration of interests has been made by his Department’s non-executive directors; and when that declaration will be published.

Question· Written questionUIN 24927answered

Environment Protection: Import Duties

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has made an assessment of the extent to which tariff lines under the UK Global Tariff present barriers to the liberalisation of environmental goods.

Question· writtenPQ 361asked

361. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the SWOT analysis and needs assessment for the CSP and the eco scheme and agri-environment referred to in his answer to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 27 May 2021 took account of the detail and table in the replies to Parliamentary Question Nos. 283 and 288 of 27 May 2021 and correspondingly the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 27 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35080/21]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2021

361. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the SWOT analysis and needs assessment for the CSP and the eco scheme and agri-environment referred to in his answer to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 27 May 2021 took account of the detail and table in the replies to Parliamentary Question Nos. 283 and 288 of 27 May 2021 and correspondingly the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 27 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35080/21]

Bill· HRH.R. 4253 (117th)referred

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for chromium-6, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 2021

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit chromium-6 in drinking water. Specifically, the bill directs the EPA to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for chromium-6, which must include a filtration requirement. Adverse health effects associated with exposure to chromium-6 include some types of cancer. Chromium-6 occurs naturally and it is also produced by industrial processes. It is used in coating to protect metals from corrosion, stainless steel production, wood preservation, and textile dyeing.

Bill· HRH.R. 4284 (117th)referred

Clean Drinking Water Equity Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 2021

Clean Drinking Water Equity Act This bill revises the drinking water state revolving fund (SRF) program to increase the cap on the total amount of loan subsidies that states may give to assist disadvantaged communities. The drinking water SRF program is a financial assistance program to help water systems and states achieve the health protection objectives of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4270 (117th)open

Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 2021

Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a research, development, and demonstration program with respect to (1) data collection on the location of abandoned oil or gas wells; (2) the plugging, remediation, reclamation, and repurposing of the wells; and (3) mitigating potential environmental impacts of documented and undocumented abandoned wells.

Bill· HRH.R. 4266 (117th)referred

Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 2021

Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act This bill addresses energy poverty (i.e., insufficient access to affordable energy) in at-risk communities. An at-risk community is a community that is low-income, minority, rural, elderly, or Native American. The Department of the Interior must report on (1) barriers to the ability of at-risk communities that live on or near federal land or tribal land to access reliable and affordable energy, including how the presence of adequate energy transmission infrastructure affects such access; and (2) actions that it and the Forest Service may take to reduce such barriers. In addition, certain executive actions may not be carried out until Interior conducts energy poverty studies for such actions. The Congressional Budget Office must report on how a bill or resolution will affect the cost of energy for at-risk communities. The Government Accountability Office must (1) analyze federal energy and environmental laws and regulations, and state renewable portfolio standards, to determine how such laws, regulations, and standards affected electricity prices, home heating prices, gasoline prices, motor vehicle prices, natural gas prices, and household appliance prices in at-risk communities; and (2) develop criteria to determine whether an at-risk community is experiencing energy poverty. The Office of Management and Budget must review and publish each applicable energy regulation to determine if any regulation imposes, relative to the general population, disproportionate costs on at-risk communities.

Question· Written questionUIN 24206answered

Development Aid: Marine Environment

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed reduction in Official Development Assistance on the UK’s role in tackling global marine plastic pollution.

Question· Written questionHL HL1584answered

Environment: Crime

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 June 2021

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 9 June (HL981), what plans they have to propose amendments to the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court to include the crime of ecoci

Question· Written questionUIN 24236answered

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Directors

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial payments his Department makes to its non-executive directors; how many times his departmental Board will meet in 2021-22; and what work do non-executive directors undert

Bill· HRH.R. 4231 (117th)referred

Proven Forest Management Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2021

Proven Forest Management Act of 2021 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), when conducting a forest management activity on National Forest System land, to coordinate with impacted parties to increase efficiency and maximize the compatibility of management practices across such land. USDA shall conduct such an activity on National Forest System land in a manner that attains multiple ecosystem benefits, including reducing forest fuels and maintaining biological diversity. However, a forest management activity shall not be conducted if the costs associated with attaining such benefits are excessive. Additionally, the USDA shall (1) establish any post-program ground condition criteria for a ground disturbance caused by a forest management activity required by the applicable forest plan, and (2) provide for monitoring to ascertain the attainment of relevant post-program conditions. The bill categorically excludes certain forest management activities for reducing forest fuels from certain environmental impact requirements. USDA or the Department of the Interior, as appropriate, in conjunction with land adjustment programs, may enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with a qualified entity to provide for fuel reduction, erosion control, reforestation, Stream Environment Zone restoration, and similar management activities on federal lands and nonfederal lands within such programs.

Bill· HRH.R. 4224 (117th)referred

PFAS Transparency Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2021

PFAS Transparency Act The bill requires an industrial entity that introduces perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, into wastewater treatment systems to provide specified advance notices to such systems, including the identity and quantity of such PFAS. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain the compounds, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing.

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage7149/Jschriftliche anfrage

illegaler Tierhandel

Austria · National Council · 28 June 2021

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Peter Schmiedlechner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz betreffend illegaler Tierhandel

Question· Written questionUIN 23320answered

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Email

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his departmental IT systems routinely allow officials, advisers and ministers to access private email accounts from their office desktop computers and department-issue laptop c

Question· Written questionUIN 23318answered

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Email

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any departmental business has been conducted on private email addresses; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure that full records are kept of that business.

Question· Written questionUIN 23319answered

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: CCTV

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a risk assessment has been carried out on the secure holding of CCTV footage within his Department.

Question· Written questionUIN 23372answered

Lakes and Rivers: Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ensure that all of England’s rivers and lakes achieve a good ecological status.

Bill· HRH.R. 4202 (117th)referred

MRRRI Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2021

Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative Act or the MRRRI Act This bill establishes the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative to protect and restore the Mississippi River Corridor. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must establish the initiative and the Mississippi River National Program Office to carry out the initiative. The office must (1) coordinate agency actions to protect and restore the Mississippi River Corridor; (2) develop, implement, and update the initiative, actionable goals, and an action plan required by the bill; (3) make updates and information available on a public website; and (4) submit annual reports to Congress. Additionally, the bill outlines the focus areas that each project carried out under the initiative must address, such as improving water quality and protecting wildlife habitat. The office may make grants to certain nonfederal entities to carry out eligible projects. The bill directs the EPA to include the initiative as a separate budget line item in its annual budget submission. Next, the bill directs the Department of the Interior to coordinate with the office to establish four Mississippi River Corridor research centers within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). These research centers must, among other duties, conduct scientific research on the focus areas of the initiative. The bill also directs the USGS to host a science forum to share current science and identify data gaps related to the ecological health of the Mississippi River Corridor. The USGS must, within two years of the forum, develop a science plan for the initiative.

Bill· HRH.R. 4186 (117th)referred

Patriotic Corporations of America Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2021

Patriotic Corporations of America Act of 2021 This bill establishes new requirements for federal contracts, including Department of Defense contracts, with respect to issues of labor, environmental sustainability, taxes, and private equity firms. Specifically, the bill prohibits an executive agency from awarding a contract unless the offeror, among other requirements pays employees wages that meet certain minimums; agrees to sign a neutrality agreement with respect to efforts to form a labor organization and an agreement not to hire replacement workers in any strike; submits to the agency an actionable plan to address natural disasters and health crises, including policies and plans for paid family and medical leave and for whistleblower protections; and submits to the agency an actionable plan to recruit and promote people of color, women, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, and veterans. The bill sets forth additional provisions to assure that the offeror meets specified requirements with respect to the payment of environmental penalties, federal income tax liability and financial performance, and a controlling private equity firm meeting certain labor and environmental requirements. The bill establishes specified contract preferences (e.g., in favor of an offeror that does not outsource jobs outside the United States and that has a collective bargaining agreement with employees).

Question· Written questionUIN 22040answered

Treasury: Energy and Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2021

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury has held with external stakeholders relating to her responsibilities for energy, energy infrastructure, environment and climate policy since 1 January 2021.

Question· Written questionUIN 21937answered

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Freedom of Information

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many requests for advice on handling freedom of information requests the central Cabinet Office Clearing House has received in each year since 2016.

Question· Written questionUIN 22029answered

Employment: Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) is planning to have with Ministerial colleagues in the (i) Department for Education and (ii) Department for Work and Pensions to support pe

Bill· HRH.R. 4156 (117th)referred

HONEST Enterprise Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2021

Honoring Organizations Nationally for Ethics, Sustainability, and Trust Act or the HONEST Enterprise Act This bill establishes the Compassionate Capitalist Award to be presented to organizations that substantially benefit the well-being of their employees, stakeholders, and communities with respect to the areas of environmental stewardship, governance, social responsibility, and worker empowerment. The bill also establishes the Compassionate Capitalist Award Fund in the Department of the Treasury—composed of application fees charged to submit an application for the award and any gifts that the Department of Commerce may solicit for this purpose—to carry out the bill's provisions.

Bill· SS. 2306 (117th)referred

Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2021

Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2021 This bill allows a new tax credit for maintaining and enhancing hydroelectric dams that is equal to 30% of the basis of any qualified dam safety, environmental, and grid resilience enhancement property placed in service in a taxable year. It also allows a 30% credit for qualified obsolete river obstruction removal expenditures for demolishing and removing certain nonpowered or hydroelectric dams.

Bill· SS. 2245 (117th)referred

504 Credit Risk Management Improvement Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2021

504 Credit Risk Management Improvement Act of 2021 This bill revises the duties of the Office of Credit Risk Management to include oversight of a certified development company (CDC) that participates in the 504 Loan Program of the Small Business Administration (SBA), and it requires the SBA to issue rules related to certain environmental requirements. The 504 Loan Program provides a small business with SBA financing—through a CDC intermediary—for expansion or modernization. Specifically, the bill requires the office to oversee any CDC that participates in the program and to conduct file reviews with respect to loan closings under the program. Further, the bill authorizes the office to take formal and informal enforcement actions against a CDC for specified violations and to charge each CDC a fee. The SBA must issue rules to clarify the procedures necessary for an eligible CDC to comply with certain environmental requirements.

Bill· SS. 2285 (117th)referred

Urban Waters Federal Partnership Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2021

Urban Waters Federal Partnership Act of 2021 This bill provides statutory authority for the Urban Waters Federal Partnership Program. Under the program, the Environmental Protection Agency and other specified agencies must reconnect urban communities, particularly urban communities that are overburdened or economically distressed, with their waterways by improving coordination among federal agencies.

Bill· SS. 2213 (117th)referred

Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2021

Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2021 This bill revises the National Estuary Program to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to give priority consideration to selecting the Pensacola and Perdido Bays in Florida and Alabama as estuaries of national significance. Under the existing program, the EPA protects and restores the water quality and ecological integrity of estuaries of national significance.

Bill· SS. 2272 (117th)referred

Lead-Free Drinking Water for All Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2021

Lead-Free Drinking Water for All Act of 2021 This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and revises the Environmental Protection Agency's grant program for reducing lead in drinking water, including by establishing a deadline for grant recipients to fully replace lead service lines.

Bill· SS. 2279 (117th)referred

Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 2021

Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act This bill authorizes the President to order independent regulatory agencies to comply with specified regulatory analysis requirements. Specifically, the President may require an independent regulatory agency to (1) comply with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to other federal agencies, (2) provide the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs with an assessment of the costs and benefits of a proposed or final economically significant rule and an assessment of costs and benefits of potentially effective and reasonably feasible alternatives to the rule, (3) publish the assessments with the rules, and (4) submit to the office for review any proposed or final economically significant rule. An economically significant rule is a rule that is likely to (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; or (2) adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities. In addition, the bill prohibits judicial review of an independent regulatory agency's compliance with the requirements of this bill.

Question· Written questionUIN 21349answered

Sri Lanka: Environment Protection and Water Supply

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterpart on the (a) water security and (b) environmental situations in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Question· Written questionUIN 21350answered

Sri Lanka: Environment Protection and Water Supply

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of non-governmental organisations on the (a) water security and (b) environmental situations in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Bill· SS. 2194 (117th)open

Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2021

Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2021 This bill provides statutory authority for the Coastal Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Among other things, the program identifies the most important natural resource problems and solutions in priority coastal ecosystems in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental institutions, nonprofit organizations, private individuals, and corporations; and assists in the development and implementation of monitoring protocols to ensure the success of coastal ecosystem restoration and enhancement measures.

Bill· HRH.R. 4092 (117th)open

Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2021

Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2021 This bill provides statutory authority for the Coastal Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Among other things, the program identifies the most important natural resource problems and solutions in priority coastal ecosystems in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental institutions, nonprofit organizations, private individuals, and corporations; and assists in the development and implementation of monitoring protocols to ensure the success of coastal ecosystem restoration and enhancement measures.

Bill· HRH.R. 4079 (117th)referred

Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2021

Saving America's Pollinators Act of 2021 This bill addresses the use of certain pesticides and the health and status of native bees and other pollinators. First, the bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Pollinator Protection Board to develop an independent review process for pesticides that pose a threat to pollinators and their habitats. All active ingredients and pesticide products that contain one or more specified neonicotinoid pesticides must be deemed to generally cause unreasonable adverse effects to the environment. Under the bill, the registration of all uses of neonicotinoid pesticides must be immediately and permanently canceled. The EPA must revoke any tolerance or exemption that allows the presence of a neonicotinoid pesticide, or any pesticide chemical residue that results from neonicotinoid pesticide use, in or on food. The continued sale or use of existing stocks of neonicotinoid pesticides is prohibited, and the EPA may not register any such pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. The bill requires the Department of the Interior, the EPA, and the Department of Agriculture to coordinate monitoring activities and report on the health and population status of native bees and other pollinators. Finally, a state or federal agency may be granted an exemption to use neonicotinoid pesticides if the board votes that use of the pesticide is warranted (1) in an emergency situation to avert significant risk to threatened or endangered species, (2) to quarantine invasive species, or (3) to protect public health.

Bill· HRH.R. 4084 (117th)referred

Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2021

Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to estimate annual methane emissions from each oil and natural gas producing basin and levy a fee for such emissions on each company that produces, gathers, processes, or transmits oil or natural gas. The fees must be used to provide grants through the National Coastal Resilience Fund of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Question· Written questionUIN 20525answered

Environment Protection: Wales

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 June 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the COP29 President on promoting a green recovery from the covid-19 outbreak in (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales.

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