As Biden Eyes a Conservation Plan, Activists Fear Low-Income Communities and People of Color Could Be Left Out
A plan to conserve 30 percent of land and water in the United States by 2030 could help close “staggering” racial and socioeconomic disparities in access to nature.
December 21, 2020
Ellington Tardy, 9, enjoys the playground in his Orchard Valley neighborhood Nov. 5, 2020 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images
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President-elect Joe Biden has said that one of his first steps upon taking office will be to pass an executive order to conserve 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.
The European Union’s Christmas Wish List Deserves a Lump of Coal
The European Union wants the U.S. to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, which was abandoned by President Donald Trump. It’s likely to get its wish from a prospective Joe Biden presidency, as Biden tapped former Secretary of State John Kerry, seen here Nov. 24, as his
special presidential envoy for climate. (Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images)
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Daniel Kochis is a policy analyst for European affairs at The Heritage Foundation s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. Read his research.
The European Union Commission, the executive arm of the EU, earlier this month published what it called a “new EU-US agenda for global change.”