"“Kenneled, Strip Searched, Shackled And Held""
"The Biden administration remains silent while Indigenous women continue to battle Line 3 with their bodies."
Source: HEATED, 04/02/2021
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Biden’s Big Bet: Tackling Climate Change Will Create Jobs, Not Kill Them
"In 2017, as Donald J. Trump was announcing the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, the largest global effort to attack planetary warming, he declared, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.”"
Source: NYTimes, 04/01/2021"EPA’s Regan Ousts Science Advisers, Issues Call for New Ones"
"The EPA will seek members for two of its most prominent scientific advisory committees after purging members of those panels who were chosen during Donald Trump’s presidency."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/01/2021"Biden Takes Moonshot Approach to Replacing Lead Water Pipes"
"The Biden administration wants to take a huge swing at the problem of lead water pipes, proposing to replace 100% of the nation’s lead pipes and service lines."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/01/2021"Biden’s Climate Plan Means Tough Choices: Which Homes Get Saved?"
"President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan represents an enormous effort to protect Americans from climate change, but it sidesteps one of the most immediate and wrenching dilemmas: Deciding not just where to spend more money on roads, bridges or sea walls, but where to stop spending — and instead, help people get out of the way."
Source: NYTimes, 04/01/2021"Biden's $2T Infrastructure Plan Would Overhaul Grid"
"President Biden will unveil a $2 trillion, eight-year plan today that features efforts to speed up a transition to clean energy, including $100 billion to upgrade the U.S. electric grid and to give the Energy Department more clout in disputes over siting power lines."
Source: E&E News, 04/01/2021Biden Aims To Make U.S. an EV Powerhouse. Congress May Not Be Plugged In
"President Biden wants more than $170 billion to turn the nation from a laggard in the electric vehicle market into a leader. He’s challenging Congress to OK billions more in spending to persuade Americans to part with their gas-powered cars and take public transit, and even to electrify a chunk of the nation’s yellow school bus fleets."
Source: LA Times, 04/01/2021"On Tap In California: Another Drought Four Years After Last"
"California’s hopes for a wet “March miracle” did not materialize and a dousing of April showers may as well be a mirage at this point. The state appears in the midst of another drought only a few years after a punishing 5-year dry spell dried up rural wells, killed endangered salmon, idled farm fields and helped fuel the most deadly and destructive wildfires in modern state history."
Source: AP, 04/01/2021"The Battle To Protect One Of America’s Last Wild Landscapes"
"An unlikely alliance of ranchers, Indigenous communities and environmentalists is trying to save the Owyhee Canyonlands."
Source: HuffPost, 04/01/2021In Hotter Climate, 'Zombie' Urchins Are Winning, Kelp Forests Are Losing
"Purple sea urchins have exploded in recent years off California, covering the ocean floor in what divers describe as a "purple carpet." And they devour kelp: the once-lush forests of seaweed that hugged the coastline are disappearing."
Source: NPR, 04/01/2021'Seaspiracy': Netflix Doc Accused Of Misrepresentation By Participants
"A Netflix documentary about the impact of commercial fishing has attracted celebrity endorsements and plaudits from fans with its damning picture of the harm the industry does to ocean life. But NGOs, sustainability labels and experts quoted in Seaspiracy have accused the film-makers of making “misleading claims”, using out-of-context interviews and erroneous statistics."
Source: Guardian, 04/01/2021Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure, Economy
"President Biden will unveil an infrastructure plan on Wednesday whose $2 trillion price tag would translate into 20,000 miles of rebuilt roads, repairs to the 10 most economically important bridges in the country, the elimination of lead pipes and service lines from the nation’s water supplies and a long list of other projects intended to create millions of jobs in the short run and strengthen American competitiveness in the long run."
Source: NYTimes, 03/31/2021"Auto Negotiations Test Biden’s Vow To Create A Climate-Friendly Future"
"Phasing out the internal-combustion engine is critical to President Biden’s vow to retool the American economy for a low-carbon future. In a massive infrastructure plan set to be unveiled Wednesday, Biden is expected to signal just how far he is willing to go to achieve his climate goals."
Source: Washington Post, 03/31/2021Lead Pipes: Biden Visit Highlights Pittsburgh Water Contamination Woes
"President Biden's scheduled appearance in Pittsburgh tomorrow to unveil a multitrillion-dollar infrastructure plan could have a direct bearing on the city's ongoing efforts to combat contaminated drinking water."
Source: E&E News, 03/31/2021"Global Rainforest Loss 'Relentless' In 2020, But SE Asia Offers Hope"
"Tropical forest losses hit their third-highest level in almost two decades last year, despite improved conservation in parts of Southeast Asia, researchers said on Wednesday, warning of rising deforestation risks as nations restart pandemic-hit economies."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 03/31/2021
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