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Jaime Harrison is President-elect Joe Biden s choice to lead the DNC. | Richard Shiro/AP Photo
TAKING THE REINS “Jaime Harrison Said to Be Pick for Next D.N.C. Chair,” NYT: “President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. plans to name Jaime Harrison as his pick to lead the Democratic National Committee, part of an effort to bolster the committee ahead of what are already expected to be challenging midterm elections for the party …
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API SHIFT: Is the American Petroleum Institute laying the groundwork to support putting a price on carbon?
It was lost in coverage of API’s State of the American Energy event yesterday, but the largest U.S. oil and gas lobby group tweaked its rhetoric around carbon pricing.
“Market-based policies can foster meaningful emissions reductions across the economy at the lowest societal cost,” reads an API
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) held conversations by phone today with Brenda Mallory and Michael Regan, nominees for top environmental posts in the incoming Biden Administration who reached out to Senator Cramer to discuss their nominations. Mrs. Mallory is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and Mr. Regan
Biden’s Green Team Takes Shape With Race, Gender Firsts
WASHINGTON, DC, January 13, 2021 (ENS) – President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office on January 20 at noon, has nominated a team of seasoned environmental leaders to fill his Cabinet in positions that will impact the Earth’s unique places, people, and species, now more vulnerable than ever after the Trump administration. Climate will be a top priority of Biden’s core plan for a “clean energy revolution and environmental justice.”
Biden is aware that on January 20, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, only nine years will be left to stop the worst consequences of climate change.