Interior Secretary Deb HaalandDeb HaalandInterior Department to reconvene council on Native American issues Interior delays consideration of opening public Alaska lands to development Julia Letlow sworn in as House member after winning election to replace late husband MORE on Friday issued an order aimed at bolstering implementation of a key environmental […]
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Environmental group sues over protections for 20 species
FILE – In this undated file photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, a captured male red fox is seen. An environmental group filed a lawsuit Thursday, April 15, 2021, alleging the federal government has failed to act on petitions to protect nine different species under the […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Biden seeks GOP support for infrastructure plan | House GOP’s planned environmental bills drop Democratic priorities | Advocates optimistic Biden infrastructure plan is a step toward sustainability
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Dakota Access pipeline to remain in operation despite calls for shutdown | Biden hopes to boost climate spending by $14B | White House budget proposes $1.4B for environmental justice
TGIF! Welcome to Overnight Energy, your source for the day’s energy and environment news. Please send tips and comments to Rachel Frazin at [email protected], and follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin. Reach Zack Budryk at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter: @BudrykZack. Signup for our newsletter and others HERE. Today the Biden […]
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Global environmental disruption is most underappreciated national security threat
When we think of threats to America’s national security, the first thing that comes to mind for most is threats from foreign adversaries. And yet there is another kind of national security threat. The culprit: A microscopic virus that jumped from wildlife to people caused by “zoonotic spillover,” driven by […]
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Biden lays groundwork for environmental regulations
The Biden administration is poised to take significant action on a range of environmental issues. In the coming weeks, officials are expected to release a new plan for reaching the goals set out under the Paris Climate Agreement and recommend changes to several national monuments. More broadly, the administration is […]
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Indigenous leadership is a linchpin to solving environmental crises
Too much of the chaos and tragedy that our world is experiencing is a consequence of our broken relationship with nature. A virus has spilled over from wildlife to humans, causing a catastrophic global pandemic. Climate change is fueling weather events that are unprecedented in scale and devastation. From wildfires […]
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Biden environmental challenge: Filling vacant scientist jobs
Laura Dodson, an economist and union official at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Federal data shows the ranks of scientists who carry out environmental research, enforcement and other jobs fell sharply in some agencies under former President Donald Trump. […]
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Unpacking Biden’s New Environmental Executive Orders
For the second time in as many weeks, President Joe Biden issued sweeping executive orders to confront global climate change and other environmental crises. The orders elevate climate change as a key foreign policy and national security priority, temporarily pause new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, and set […]
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Nurses call on Biden administration to tackle environmental racism during COVID-19 pandemic
While the nation has been fixated on responding to one pandemic, a previously silent epidemic is getting louder: racism. “The COVID-19 pandemic is unmasking long-standing inequities within our country. The same inequities that make it so certain communities bear a greater burden of oil and gas pollution may also put […]
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5 Environmental Stories That Could Dominate In 2021
This year was supposed to be the year for climate action. Landmark climate and environmental summits were scheduled. At the highest-profile of these, COP 26, countries were expected to agree on new and more stringent targets for keeping the world’s temperatures from rising above levels which would tip us over […]
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Biden needs to make good on environmental justice promises
After four years of an administration that seemed not only indifferent but actively hostile to questions of environmental justice (EJ), the prospect of a Biden administration carries the hope of a long-needed course correction. Indeed President-Elect Joe BidenJoe BidenNew York Post editorial board calls on President Trump to ‘start thinking’ […]
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Trump administration races to finish environmental rules, actions
The Trump administration is quickly putting out new rules and regulations with a little more than 50 days to go before it leaves office, as it seeks to leave a deeper stamp on the government. In just the last two weeks, the administration has finalized a rule allowing the Forest Service […]
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Biden needs to rollback Trump’s environmental rollbacks on energy, Bears Ears National Monument
In early 2017, not long after President Donald J. Trump moved into the White House, his chief advisor, Steve Bannon, said that the administration’s aim was the “deconstruction of the administrative state.” A charitable listener might have heard a run-of-the-mill libertarian goal, to downsize the bloated government in order to […]
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Trump pushes new environmental rollbacks on way out the door
Billings, Mont. – Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of environmental rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic drilling and hamstring future regulation of public health threats. The pending changes, which benefit oil and gas and other industries, […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Trump races clock on remaining environmental rollbacks | New Interior order undermines conservation bill Trump campaigned on, critics say | Trump administration to further advance lease sales at Arctic refuge: report
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Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (MEG) Q3 2020 Earnings Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool. Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (NYSE:MEG)Q3 2020 Earnings CallNov 12, 2020, 5:00 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Greetings and welcome to Montrose Environmental Group third-quarter 2020 earnings call. [Operator instructions] As a reminder this conference is being recorded. I would […]
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Trump races clock on remaining environmental rollbacks
The Trump administration is scrambling to wrap up a slew of environmental rollbacks before President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenBiden has spoken with some GOP senators, chief of staff says Trump told advisers he could announce 2024 bid shortly after certification of Biden win: report Obama ‘troubled’ by GOP attempts to cast […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Biden would face hurdles undoing Trump environmental rollbacks | Biden team weighs climate ‘czar’: report | Donald Trump Jr. urges hunters to vote for his father
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