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Climate hawks have a message for the administration as it continues bipartisan infrastructure talks: Don't abandon key investments to fight climate change.

Regan told the panel the agency was asking for an increase of just over 1,000 employees, which he said were “the numbers we believe we need to focus on providing the appropriate research, the analytical capabilities to inform our regulations.” ADVERTISEMENT “With this increase we will still have a significantly reduced workforce,” he added. “What we hope to do with this thousand employees is replenish the capacity we’ve lost, but also build the capacity that we need for future activities to protect our air, water and land.” Regan also addressed the budget request’s provisions ...

Feinstein, Padilla Ask Biden Admin To Get China To Lift Tariffs On U.S. Wines CBS SF Bay Area 3 days ago Syndicated Local – CBS San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Three U.S. senators, including both representing California, sent a letter to the White House Tuesday asking trade officials to push China to lift its tariffs on American wine. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla, both from California, joined Sen. Jeff Merkeley of Oregon in pushing U.S. Trade Representative Katharine Tai and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to lobby China to stop its 54% tariff on Am...

Diane Wilson begins hunger strike to stop dredging project April 8, 2021, by Eldin Ganic Diane Wilson, an American environmental activist, began a hunger strike at the waterfront of Lavaca Bay yesterday to demand that the Biden Administration stop the dredging of the mercury-contaminated Matagorda Ship Channel. The dredging, which has not begun, would allow for the construction and operation of a new crude oil export terminal proposed by oil company Max Midstream. In the wake of her $50M Clean Water Act settlement with Formosa Plastics – the larges...

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) signaled late Tuesday he would oppose the Equality Act, legislation to expand the prohibition on anti-LGBTQ discrimination under federal law, throwing a massive wrench into plans of the bill's supporters to guide it into law.