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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for 2024-12-15 ( 6 items )  
'Grizzly Bears Not Recovered' Says Leading Biologist, 15 Regional & National Groups Petition for New Recovery Vision (10)
HAILEY, Idaho, Dec. 12 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * Former U.S. Fish & Wildlife Grizzly Coordinator updates his own 30-year-old Recovery Plan * * * Washington, D.C. - Today 15 national, regional and state environmental, tribal, and animal welfare groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to adopt a new approach to recovering grizzly bears in the U.S. Northern Rockies, pointing to a new science-based report by Dr. Chri more PR

CHIPS Act Contract with Micron Doesn't Specify Job Creation, Wages, or Job Quality (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Members of CHIPS Communities United (CCU), a coalition of unions, environmental, and community groups, responded to the contract between the CHIPS Program Office and Micron Corp. for facilities in New York and Idaho. The coalition raised concerns about the absence of firm, transparent job creation and job quality commitments, supposedly a central goal of the CHIPS and Science Act. The public anno more PR

Physicians for Reproductive Health: Ninth Circuit Hears Arguments in EMTALA Case (10)
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 -- Physicians for Reproductive Health issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing oral arguments in US v Idaho and Moyle, cases that could threaten access to emergency abortion care. Please reference our brief highlighting stories from providers who provide abortion care. Dr. Jamila Perritt, President & CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health and ob/gyn in DC responds: "Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hea more PR

SIA Applauds Announcement of CHIPS Act Incentives for Micron Projects (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Semiconductor Industry Association issued the following statement on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer applauding the U.S. Department of Commerce and Micron for finalizing semiconductor manufacturing incentives for new projects in Boise, Idaho and Clay, New York, as well as announcing new incentives for Micron's planned expansion in Manassas, Virginia. The  more PR

STATEMENT: Court Hears Oral Arguments in Case Examining Federal Emergency Care Rights in Face of State-Level Abortion Bans (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Democracy Forward, a legal organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Hears Arguments in Moyle vs. United States After Supreme Court Declined To Rule * * * Pasadena, CA - Today, an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Moyle vs. United States, a more PR

Trust for Public Land, Stimson Lumber Company, Idaho Department of Lands Successfully Conserve 10,846 Acres of Working Forestlands in Northern Idaho (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 12 -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with Stimson Lumber Company (SLC) and the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL), announced today the permanent protection of 10,846 acres of working forest in Bonner and Boundary Counties. The conservation easement builds upon successful protection of McArthur Lake Wildlife Corridor and Clagstone Meadows conserving additio more PR