A New York bill would make polluters pay for climate change damage the state endured. The Climate Change Superfund Act requires companies who ve contributed to climate change to bear some costs of necessary infrastructure investments for New York to adapt to climate change. Data show over the last 40 years, the state has endured at least 85 "billion-dollar disasters." The most substantial was Hurricane Sandy, costing the state around $43 billion. .
Virginia has adopted a new rule advancing clean car use. The Advanced Clean Cars II Rule requires carmakers to only sell zero-emission vehicles by 2035. Some lawmakers are not so eager to have this come to fruition. .
Wisconsin is part of a movement to reduce livestock emissions by converting manure into energy sources, and there are calls to weave in a careful approach. Anaerobic digesters create biogas by removing methane from livestock waste. The gas can then be used for electricity, heat or vehicle fuel. .
By Carrie Baker for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Mark Richardson reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration Wealthy right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation has published a detailed plan for the next Republican president to use the executive branch of the federal government to attack the rights of women, LGBTQ people and the BIPOC community, by eliminating the agencies and offices responsible for enforcing civil rights laws and placing trained right-wing ideologues in staff positions throughout the federal government. Called the 2025 Presidential Transition Project—or “Project 2025,” for short—the plan has “four pillars”: an 887-page policy agenda, a presidential personnel database of vetted conservatives, a Presidential Administration Academy to train these people to achieve the Project 2025 policy agenda, and a 180-day playbook,
Virginia s Senate recently passed a series of gun safety bills, which now head to the House. Among them are measures to ban assault weapons in public, ban "ghost guns," and increasing other safety measures. The bills come as many states and the federal government are taking a hard look at gun violence. .