"Electric Vehicles: Biden's EV Plan Is Enormous. And Maybe Too Small"
"When President Biden rolled out his infrastructure plan last week, one number towered above the others: $174 billion for electric vehicles."
Source: E&E News, 04/09/2021
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Republicans Mobilize For Showdown To Block Biden Infrastructure Plan
"A defining political clash took shape Sunday over Joe Biden's latest effort to reshape the US economy, with Republicans mobilizing against a massive infrastructure plan that could put the President in historic Democratic company."
Source: CNN, 04/08/2021"‘This Is Environmental Racism’"
"How a protest in a North Carolina farming town sparked a national movement".
Source: Washington Post, 04/08/2021Banks Pledge Climate Fight, But Their Boards Have Deep Fossil-Fuel Ties
"US banks are pledging to help fight the climate crisis alongside the Biden administration, but their boards are dominated by people with climate-related conflicts of interest, and they continue to invest deeply in fossil fuel projects."
Source: Guardian, 04/08/2021"Biden Nominates Interior Deputy As Department's Top Lawyer"
"President Biden has nominated Robert Anderson, the Interior Department’s principal deputy solicitor, to serve as the department’s solicitor, according to an announcement Wednesday."
Source: The Hill, 04/08/2021"EPA Chief Vows Tougher Tailpipe Rules by July, Unwinding Trump’s"
"The Biden administration is on track to propose by the end of July new limits on the emission of greenhouse gases from automobiles that are strong enough to meet “the urgency of the climate crisis,” according to EPA Administrator Michael Regan."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/07/2021"Left-Wing Party Opposed To Big Mining Project Wins Greenland Election"
"A left-wing party that opposes a large rare earth mining project has become the biggest in parliament after securing more than a third of votes in a snap election."
Source: Reuters, 04/07/2021Groups Petition EPA To Remove Ethane, Methane From Emissions Exempt List
"Hundreds of environmental groups on Tuesday submitted a petition calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take action to curtail ethane and methane emissions responsible for smog."
Source: The Hill, 04/07/2021"Deb Haaland's Visit Home: Grandparents’ Prayers"
"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland listened to the concerns of various pueblo governors then vowed for a “new era” in working with tribes, adding President Joe Biden has a shared commitment to restore the nation-to-nation relationship."
Source: Indian Country Today, 04/07/2021Fossil Firms Took Billions in Virus Aid but Still Cut Nearly 60,000 Jobs
"When Congress looked to prop up a tanking economy and stanch its hemorrhaging of employment as the pandemic spread last year, the oil industry was among those that sought relief. Now, a new analysis shows that dozens of fossil fuel companies received billions of dollars in tax benefits in the coronavirus relief package, but slashed tens of thousands of jobs anyway."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/06/2021Can Biden Change America's Preference For Cars Over Trains and Buses?
"If America is dominated by car culture and the call of the open road, there is a big reason for that: Over the past 65 years, the United States has spent nearly $10 trillion in public funds on highways and roads, and just a quarter of that on subways, buses and passenger rail."
Source: NYTimes, 04/06/2021"More U.S. Coal Power Retired Under Trump Than in Obama's Second Term"
"Remember all of Donald Trump’s promises to put coal miners back to work? Turns out, his repeated attacks on the environment to try and bail out dirty fuels were all for naught. More coal-fired power was taken off the grid under Trump’s presidency than under former President Barack Obama’s second term, a new analysis from Global Energy Monitor shows."
Source: Earther, 04/06/2021"Energy Dept. Pushes To Reverse Trump-Era Rule On Efficiency Standards"
"The Biden administration is set to push for a reversal of Trump-era changes that made it harder to impose energy efficiency standards for commercial products and industrial equipment."
Source: The Hill, 04/05/2021Big Meat, Dairy Companies Spend Millions Lobbying Against Climate Action
"Top U.S. meat and dairy companies, along with livestock and agricultural lobbying groups, have spent millions campaigning against climate action and sowing doubt about the links between animal agriculture and climate change, according to new research from New York University."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/05/2021"Nine Ways Biden’s $2 Trillion Plan Will Tackle Climate Change"
"Biden’s infrastructure proposal includes climate action that could benefit every Congressional district and lure Republican support."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/02/2021
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