Women In Environmental Leadership. Making Progress? Or Hitting More Ceilings?
"California is a good laboratory to explore women’s impact on environmental policy and the hurdles they continue to face."
Source: LA Times, 06/10/2022
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"Biden Plans to Nominate Law Professor for Chemical Safety Board"
"President Joe Biden has tapped Catherine J.K. Sandoval for the US Chemical Hazard and Safety Investigation Board."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/09/2022House Passes Water Resources Development Act 384-37
"The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, which would further Everglades Restoration efforts, as well as improve management of the nation’s waterways, and fund flood control and coastal resiliency projects."
Source: WPTV, 06/09/2022"Vulnerable Nations Demand Funding For Climate Losses, Fearing UN 'Talk Shop'"
"Loss and damage" caused by more extreme weather and rising seas is a key issue at mid-year U.N. climate talks in the German city of Bonn, as negotiators launched a three-year dialogue this week on a topic that has long divided rich and poorer economies."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 06/08/2022"Automakers Back U.S. Restoring California Emissions Authority"
"Five automakers including Ford Motor Co, Volkswagen AG and Honda Motor Co on Tuesday backed efforts by President Joe Biden's administration to restore California's ability to set its own strict tailpipe and zero-emission vehicle standards."
Source: Reuters, 06/08/2022"Fight Looms Over New York’s Bid to Slow Crypto-Mining Boom"
"Crypto interests are lobbying Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto a groundbreaking bill that would temporarily halt new crypto-mining projects at fossil-fuel burning plants."
Source: NYTimes, 06/08/2022"Biden Funds Brownfields Cleanups But Communities Cite Challenges"
"Cleanups of polluted urban sites are in line for billions of dollars in funding following last year’s infrastructure law—money that advocates of disadvantaged communities say should help steer redevelopment into much-needed grocery stores, affordable housing, and better-paying jobs."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/08/2022"History of US Forest Mismanagement Fans The Flames Of Disaster"
"Residents of the New Mexico canyon scorched by the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires blame the government for the acres they lost".
Source: Searchlight N.M., 06/08/2022"Agency Ruling Delivers Big Setback To Okefenokee Mining Plan"
"A federal agency has delivered a big setback to a company’s controversial plan to mine near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge."
Source: AP, 06/07/2022"Ship Pollution Is Rising As The U.S. Waits For World Leaders To Act"
"Biden is pushing for countries to adopt a zero-emissions goal for shipping by 2050. But environmentalists want action at home."
Source: Washington Post, 06/07/2022"Climate Groups Coordinating $100M In Ad Spending Ahead Of Midterms"
"A coalition of environmental groups on Monday announced a $100 million ad campaign ahead of a midterm election season that looks increasingly hostile to congressional Democrats."
Source: The Hill, 06/07/2022"Largest Federal Utility Chooses Gas, Undermining Biden’s Climate Goals"
"The nation’s largest federally owned utility plans to invest more than $3.5 billion in new gas-burning electric plants, despite President Biden’s commitment to swiftly move away from fossil fuels and eliminate greenhouse gases from the power sector in a little more than a decade."
Source: NYTimes, 03/18/2022Koch Industries To Stay In Russia, Says Exiting Does ‘More Harm Than Good’
"Koch Industries, the American manufacturing giant that employs 122,000 people across the world, said Wednesday it would not exit its operations in Russia because doing so would put its “employees there at greater risk and do more harm than good.”
Source: Washington Post, 03/18/2022"Biden, Democrats Take Aim At Oil Companies For High Prices"
"After weeks of inconsistent messaging on rising energy costs, congressional Democrats and the White House are uniting behind a strategy of blaming oil companies for high prices at the pump."
Source: E&E News, 03/17/2022"Texas And Other States Want To Punish Fossil Fuel Divestment"
"Ivan Frishberg says his job is just smart financial policy. He's chief sustainability officer at New York-based Amalgamated Bank, which focuses on socially responsible investment. That includes steering investments away from things like fossil fuels that contribute to global warming."
Source: NPR, 03/17/2022
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