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New environmental justice measures might revive cap-and-trade By Alex Brown, Stateline.org Share: After years of failed attempts, Washington state lawmakers last month celebrated the narrow passage of a bill that places an economywide cap on carbon emissions and charges polluters for their contributions to climate change. But their long-awaited win came as national momentum for such policies, known as cap-and-trade, has begun to wane. California’s first-in-the-nation program, created in 2013, has drawn charges of environmental racism from critics who say it allows industries ...

East Lyme Tuesday – Harbor Management/Shellfish Commission, 7:30 p.m., see website for location. Wednesday – Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Hall upper meeting room. Thursday – Town Building Committee, 6 p.m., remote access; Zoning Commission, 7:30 p.m., remote access. Groton City Virtual meeting information will be provided on the city calendar at cityofgroton.com in the meeting agenda. Mayor & City Council and Committee of the Whole meetings will broadcast live on GMTV. Monday — Board of Ethics, 5:30 p.m., Municipal Building, Council Chambers; Mayor & Council meeting, 7:30 p.m., hy...

Broward launches environmental dashboard to monitor climate change Updated:  Tags:  So much needs to change, but we have to start somewhere. Although a lot of data has been collected, not enough has been explained, according to Broward County Commissioner Beam Furr. “We have all this information but it doesn’t do you any good if it’s just sitting on a shelf,” says Furr. Furr, who is also chair of the Climate Change Taskforce for Broward County, says this is why he wanted to organize data and allow Broward residents to interact with one another. This is why the county has launched a ...

New Mexico’s efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, namely from its oil and gas extraction industry, was discussed on the global level as the administration of President Joe Biden convened an international climate change summit Thursday on Earth Day. The virtual summit included at least 40 world leaders and was planned to continue into the following day as leaders discussed the need for a worldwide strategy to fight pollution and reduce man-made impacts such as global warming that many feared could devastate the environment and ecological balance of the Earth. Biden was expected to u...

The administration of President Joe Biden led the meeting of world leaders to discussion international efforts to mitigate pollution and climate change.