Trump-Emboldened Extremists Could Spell Trouble For Biden Interior Dept.
"Experts worry it’s only a matter of time before Biden’s environmental agenda collides with anti-government militias."
Source: HuffPost, 03/08/2021
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Civilian Climate Corps Is a Government Plan That All Americans Can Back
"It was a rare case of Presidential understatement in the unveiling of a program: the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, according to a paragraph buried in Joe Biden’s long executive order on climate change, had been directed to make plans for a Civilian Climate Corps, modelled on the Civilian Conservation Corps—the C.C.C.—of the nineteen-thirties."
Source: New Yorker, 03/08/2021"Big Banks Make a Dangerous Bet on the World’s Growing Demand for Food"
"As global banking giants and investment firms vow to divest from polluting energy companies, they’re continuing to bankroll another major driver of the climate crisis: food and farming corporations that are responsible, directly or indirectly, for cutting down vast carbon-storing forests and spewing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/08/2021As Biden Woos Both Labor And Greens On Climate, Pipelines May Divide Them
"The president is trying to square environmentalists’ demands to stop burning fossil fuels with labor leaders’ desire for union jobs linked to oil and gas".
Source: Washington Post, 03/08/2021"US States Look To Step Up Wolf Kills, Pushed By Republicans"
"Payments for dead wolves. Unlimited hunting of the animals. Shooting wolves from the air. Wolf hunting policies in some states are taking an aggressive turn, as Republican lawmakers and conservative hunting groups push to curb their numbers and propose tactics shunned by many wildlife managers."
Source: AP, 03/08/2021"Senate Energy Panel Backs Haaland For Interior Secretary"
"A key Senate committee on Thursday approved the nomination of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to be interior secretary, clearing the way for a Senate vote that is likely to make her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency."
Source: AP, 03/05/2021After Backing Green Building Codes, Local Governments Lose Right To Vote
"The private consortium that oversees the model building codes for much of the United States and parts of the Caribbean and Latin America on Thursday stripped local governments of their right to vote on future energy-efficiency codes."
Source: HuffPost, 03/05/2021Biden Hosts Congress Members To Talk Infrastructure, Funding
"The chairman of the House Transportation Committee pitched a plan Thursday to raise money for infrastructure spending without Republican votes in the Senate ahead of a bipartisan discussion at the White House."
Source: Washington Post, 03/05/2021"More Than 50 Companies Have Vowed To Be Carbon-Neutral By 2040"
"There is a quickening rhythm of corporations with big carbon footprints pledging action to combat climate change. And their cascade of splashy announcements spans the worlds of retailing, technology and delivery services. Yet even the prodigious voluntary steps by a portion of the corporate world so far lack the speed, scale or scientific know-how needed to move the thermometer of the warming planet in the right direction."
Source: Washington Post, 03/05/2021"Collins Pledges Haaland Her First GOP 'Yes' Vote"
"Rep. Deb Haaland will have at least one Republican supporter when the Senate votes to confirm her nomination to lead the Interior Department: moderate Sen. Susan Collins of Maine."
Source: E&E News, 03/04/2021"Biden Admin Ditches Trump 'Open Science' Order"
"The Interior Department today scrapped its version of the Trump administration's controversial "open science" dictate that critics say unduly constrained research important for environmental policy decisions."
Source: E&E News, 03/04/2021"Republicans Press Biden Environment Nominee On Obama-Era Policy"
"Republicans senators pressed one of President Biden’s nominees for a major environmental post on a power plant regulation she helped promulgate during the Obama administration."
Source: The Hill, 03/04/2021"Things To Watch In Democrats' Big Climate Bill"
"Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats yesterday rolled out an enhanced version of their climate bill, an ambitious effort to overhaul the power sector and decarbonize the economy."
Source: E&E News, 03/04/2021"Democrats in U.S. House Introduce Wide-Ranging Climate Bill"
"Three Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a wide-ranging climate bill on Tuesday that embraces President Joe Biden’s goals to curb climate change including decarbonizing the electric grid by 2035."
Source: Reuters, 03/03/2021"More States Follow California's Lead On Vehicle Emissions Standards"
"An increasing number of states are looking to follow the precedent set by California and adopt stricter vehicle emissions standards as the Biden administration appears poised to green light those efforts."
Source: The Hill, 03/02/2021
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