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(Image credit – Adam Schultz / The White House) Four months into his administration, President Biden’s approach to climate change is beginning to cohere around two executive orders he issued his first week in office.  Signed on Inauguration Day, the first order set an urgent tone through high-priority moves, such as rejoining the Paris climate agreement, initiating an update of government benchmarks for the social cost of greenhouse gases, and reversing a number of Trump administration ac...

Funding Builds on Efforts to Enhance Climate Change Resilience as President Biden Visits FEMA Ahead of Hurricane Season Today, President Biden will meet with members of his homeland security and climate teams at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C. to receive an update on preparations for the 2021 hurricane season. In advance of the President’s visit, the Administration is announcing it will direct $1 billion for communit...

The White House Funding Builds on Efforts to Enhance Climate Change Resilience as President Biden Visits FEMA Ahead of Hurricane Season Today, President Biden will meet with members of his homeland security and climate teams at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C. to receive an update on preparations for the 2021 hurricane season. In advance of the President’s visit, the Administration is announcing it will direct $1 bill...

U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM), New Mexico’s only Republican in Congress, continued in the charge against energy policies enacted by President Joe Biden’s administration which Herrell said threatened her home state more than most in the U.S. Herrell joined a forum held Friday by Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources which pointed to purported negative impacts of Biden’s policies on state economies and America’s oil and gas industry. Upon taking office, Bid...

Published: 4 May 2021, 15:41 By: Senior reporter The Crimson Solar Project in southern California could have the capacity to power 87,500 homes. Image: DOI/Tom Brewster. The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has given the green light to the construction of a utility-scale solar-plus-storage project on public land in California. The DOI announced on Monday (3 May) that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has given final approval to the Crimson Solar Project, a 350MW solar PV array...

US DOI approves plans for Californian 700MW solar-plus-storage project Email The Crimson Solar project is expected to be able to power 87,500 homes on completion. Image: DOI/Tom Brewster. The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced that the development of a 700MW capacity solar-plus-storage project on Californian federal land has been approved. The DOI said on Monday (3 May) that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has given final approval to the Crimson Solar Proje...

The Biden Administration Is Fulfilling Its Conservation Promises in the First 100 Days April 30, 2021, 4:00 am With the passage of a massive economic rescue bill, more than 200 million vaccines distributed, a historically diverse Cabinet in place, and a pledge to cut carbon emissions upward of 50 percent, it’s clear that the Biden administration has wasted no time during its first 100 days. As part of its effort to take a whole-of-government approach to solving the overlapping health, econom...

April 27 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Over the past year and a half, we have asked the Rutgers community to come together to engage with the process of planning for a carbon neutral, resilient future by attending town hall meetings, providing comments on reports, and connecting with us on social media. You have responded with deep, sustained engagement and we are grateful for your attention. It is in this sprit that we invite you to join us for our third and final town hall meeting. The meeting will inc...

  MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  Happy Earth Day, everyone.  And joining us in the Briefing Room for the second time — I told you they’d come back and take more questions; I deliver on my promises — is National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.   We’re, of course, very excited to have them here.  After their short remarks, they will be able to take just a few questions because they have a busy Climate Summit under way.       On day one, Pr...

NationofChange US Interior Secretary provokes Trump administration’s climate related orders “I believe we have a unique opportunity to make our communities more resilient to climate change and to help lead the transition to a clean energy economy.” According to EcoWatch: Secretarial Order 3398 rescinds a dozen orders issued under the Trump administration which an Interior statement collectively described as “inconsistent with the department’s commitment to prot...