"White House Details Environmental Justice Plans"
"The Biden administration is beginning to work out the thorniest questions of its environmental justice agenda."
Source: E&E News, 07/21/2021
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"Manchin Sets Vote on BLM Nominee, Expresses Support"
"Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Joe Manchin will support Tracy Stone-Manning, the beleaguered nominee tapped to run the Bureau of Land Management, according to a spokesperson for the West Virginia Democrat."
Source: E&E News, 07/21/2021"Democrats Lay Out Vision For Civilian Climate Corps"
"A group of more than 80 House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday laid out their vision for a climate jobs program called the Civilian Climate Corps that is expected to be part of a sweeping $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill filled with Democratic priorities."
Source: The Hill, 07/21/2021Schumer Tees Up Bipartisan Infrastructure Vote After GOPers Urge Delay
"U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday he would set a procedural vote on a bipartisan infrastructure package that is a key part of Democratic President Joe Biden's agenda for Wednesday, increasing pressure on negotiators as they struggled with ways to pay for the cost of the measure."
Source: Reuters, 07/20/2021"How a Powerful US Lobby Group Helps Big Oil To Block Climate Action"
"The American Petroleum Institute receives millions from oil companies – and works behinds the scenes to stall or weaken legislation".
Source: Guardian, 07/20/2021At Lake Mead, New Coalition Says Status Quo On Colorado River Failing
"With the concrete towers of Hoover Dam in the background and the depleted waters of the nation’s largest reservoir below, an unlikely group of allies — conservation activists, businesspeople and officials representing cities and farming communities — on Thursday called for halting all plans that would take more water from the shrinking Colorado River."
Source: Arizona Republic, 07/19/2021"Biden To Reverse Trump’s Showerhead Rule"
"The Biden administration is scrapping an efficiency rule that President Trump touted as being critical for his 'beautiful' hair."
Source: E&E News, 07/19/2021"Will Russia’s Forests Be an Asset or an Obstacle in Climate Fight?"
"New research indicating Russia’s vast forests store more carbon than previously estimated would seem like good news. But scientists are concerned Russia will count this carbon uptake as an offset in its climate commitments, which would allow its emissions to continue unchecked."
"It is the world’s largest forest, and it has been soaking up carbon dioxide from the air at an unprecedented rate. So why are climate campaigners growing anxious about it?
Source: YaleE360, 07/19/2021Amid Bootleg Fire, Locals Face Climate Realities, Remain Skeptical
"In a row of small conservative towns, the flames are unlike anything they’ve seen before. Instead of concerns over global warming, though, there is blame directed at environmentalists, marijuana farmers and potential looters."
Source: Washington Post, 07/19/2021Biden Admin Proposes Sweeping Protections For Alaska’s Tongass Forest
"The Biden administration announced sweeping protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest on Thursday, including an end to large-scale old-growth logging and a proposal to bar road development on more than 9 million acres."
Source: Washington Post, 07/16/2021"What The Budget Deal Means For Climate Policy"
"Many Democrats were in high spirits yesterday after agreeing to a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that will lay the groundwork for an array of climate priorities, but their celebrations will be short-lived as they begin jockeying over policy specifics and the complex rules that govern the reconciliation process."
Source: E&E News, 07/16/2021"Climate Activists Hail Dem Budget Spending On Clean Energy"
"Environmental groups hailed a sweeping $3.5 trillion domestic spending plan announced by Democrats, saying it would make “transformational investments” in clean energy and jobs and put the nation on a path to cut greenhouse emissions by at least 50% by 2030. The plan also would move the country toward a carbon-free electric grid by 2035, with 100% of U.S. electricity powered by solar, wind, nuclear and other clean energy sources."
Source: AP, 07/15/2021"EU Unveils Sweeping Climate Change Plan"
"The European Union has announced a raft of climate change proposals aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. A dozen draft proposals, which still need to be approved by the bloc's 27 member states and the EU parliament, were announced on Wednesday."
Source: BBC News, 07/15/2021"Senate Committee Advances Bipartisan Energy Infrastructure Bill"
"The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday advanced an energy bill that’s expected to be part of the bipartisan infrastructure framework by a 13-7 vote."
Source: The Hill, 07/15/2021"Democrats Propose $3.5 Trillion Budget to Advance With Infrastructure Deal"
"Top Democrats announced on Tuesday evening that they had reached agreement on an expansive $3.5 trillion budget blueprint, including plans to pour money into addressing climate change and expanding Medicare among an array of other Democratic priorities, that they plan to advance alongside a bipartisan infrastructure deal."
Source: NYTimes, 07/14/2021
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