"Senators Strike Early Bipartisan Tone On Infrastructure"
"Senators are offering early optimism that they can find common ground and pass an infrastructure package later this year."
Source: E&E News, 03/17/2021
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"Madam Secretary"
"Deb Haaland was confirmed as the nation’s 54th Secretary of the Interior in a 51-40 vote Monday, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency."
Source: Indian Country Today, 03/16/2021"New E.P.A. Head Says Agency Has Climate Regulations Underway"
"Michael S. Regan, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, confirmed on Monday that the agency is preparing new regulations on the electricity sector in an effort to meet President Biden’s aggressive climate change goals."
Source: NYTimes, 03/16/2021Biden To Name Former DC Solicitor To Lead DOJ Environmental Division
"President Joe Biden said on Monday he intends to nominate Todd Kim, former solicitor general for the District of Columbia, to lead the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division as its assistant attorney general."
Source: Reuters, 03/16/2021Congress Launches Probe Into Multibillion-Dollar 'Clean Coal' Tax Credit
"The U.S. Congress is investigating a multibillion-dollar subsidy for chemically treated coal that is meant to reduce smokestack pollution, after evidence emerged that power plants using the fuel produced more smog not less."
Source: Reuters, 03/16/2021CDC Identifies Trump Health Guidance That Downplayed Pandemic Severity
"Federal health officials have identified several controversial pandemic recommendations released during the Donald Trump administration that they say were “not primarily authored” by staff and don’t reflect the best scientific evidence, based on a review ordered by its new director."
Source: Washington Post, 03/16/2021"SEC To Weigh Requiring Further Climate Disclosures To Investors"
"The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will seek public comment on whether to require companies to make more extensive disclosures to investors about climate-related risks, acting Chairwoman Allison Herren Lee said Monday."
Source: The Hill, 03/16/2021"EPA Issues Interstate Air Pollution Rule Fix for Summer Ozone"
"A long-awaited update to traveling pollution rules released Monday gives upwind states fresh requirements to manage their emission reductions in downwind states that struggle with ozone pollution."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/16/2021"Maryland Senate Passes Climate Act By Wide Margin"
"The Maryland Senate voted Friday to ramp up Maryland’s efforts to fight climate change over the next decade, passing a sweeping bill that calls for a massive tree planting campaign along with more electric vehicles, rooftop solar panels and energy efficient buildings."
Source: Bay Journal, 03/16/2021"Redlined, Now Flooding"
"Maps of historic housing discrimination show how neighborhoods that suffered redlining in the 1930s face a far higher risk of flooding today."
Source: Bloomberg CityLab, 03/16/2021Cold War Ice Core Reveals Greenland Was Recently Ice-Free
"At first, Andrew Christ was ecstatic. In soil taken from the bottom of the Greenland ice sheet, he’d discovered the remains of ancient plants. Only one other team of researchers had ever found greenery beneath the mile-high ice mass."
Source: Washington Post, 03/16/2021Countries Tried to Curb Trade in Plastic Waste. The US Is Shipping More
"Data shows that American exporters continue to ship plastic waste overseas, often to poorer countries, even though most of the world has agreed to not accept it."
"When more than 180 nations agreed last year to place strict limits on exports of plastic waste from richer countries to poorer ones, the move was seen as a major victory in the fight against plastic pollution.
Source: NYTimes, 03/15/2021Environmental Justice Plays Key Role in Biden Covid-19 Stimulus Package
"President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief package includes a downpayment on his ambitious climate plan, including $100 million to address harmful air quality and environmental health risks in minority and low-income communities."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/15/2021"Western States Chart Diverging Paths As Water Shortages Loom"
"As persistent drought and climate change threaten the Colorado River, several states that rely on the water acknowledge they likely won’t get what they were promised a century ago. But not Utah."
Source: AP, 03/15/2021"A 'Poster Child' For Policy Failure: Will EPA Ban Asbestos?"
"When former President Obama signed a new version of the nation's leading toxics law in 2016, he singled out one chemical. 'Our country hasn't even been able to uphold a ban on asbestos,' Obama noted."
Source: E&E News, 03/15/2021
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