Published: Monday, July 12, 2021
A Nebraska corn field. Photo credit: Richard Hurd/Flickr
A Nebraska corn field. Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts has emerged as a strong opponent of the Biden administration s conservation push, saying he is concerned about it hurting agriculture and rural communities. Richard Hurd/Flickr
As Margaret Byfield stood onstage in Lewiston, Mont., this spring beneath a slide warning of the 30x30 Land Grab she quoted Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; and then her late father, Sagebrush Rebellion II icon E. Wayne Hage. He said, Either you have the right to own property, or you are property. And if you think about it, you can t be one or the other, Byfield, the executive director of the nonprofit group American Stewards of Liberty, said about Hage. And that, unfortunately, is where we re headed with 30 by 30.
Mayor Curry hires Jacksonville s chief resiliency officer
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Anne Coglianese is scheduled to start July 19 in the new role, which needs City Council approval.
Curry announced hiring Coglianese during a briefing on preparations for Tropical Storm Elsa, saying that her background “will be critical in emergency situations, including storms like this.”
He tweeted later that “Anne has worked in resiliency at the highest levels of federal government & will fill a crucial role.”
Her selection drew enthusiastic responses from people interested in sustainability.
“From all appearances, it looks like he made an excellent choice. … Her credentials in resilience are deep,” said City Council member Matt Carlucci, who worked at length with a special committee that in February outlined steps to improve local resilience to stresses including flooding, extreme heat and rising sea levels.
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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration – An Industry Primed for Explosive Growth? A Summary of the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s Report Tuesday, July 6, 2021
On June 30, 2021, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) delivered a Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) report to Congress in accordance with the Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act passed in December 2020. The CEQ report highlights an inventory of existing permitting requirements for CCUS deployment and identifies best practices for advancing the efficient, orderly and responsible development of CCUS projects at an increased rate.
The Biden Administration is “committed to accelerating the responsible development and deployment of CCUS to make it a widely available, increasing cost-effective, and rapidly scalable climate solution across