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"Big Companies Line Up to Crush Green Transparency Resolutions" [1]

"With the annual proxy season about to kick off, corporate executives are encountering increasing investor scrutiny about their environmental policies. But rather than support green initiatives or even compromise with shareholders, some of the world’s biggest companies instead plan to crush efforts to slow the climate catastrophe."

Source: Bloomberg Green [2], 04/15/2021

Biden Picks Energy Lawyer Tommy Beaudreau As Interior’s No. 2 Official [3]

"President Biden announced Wednesday that he will nominate Tommy Beaudreau to be deputy secretary of the Interior Department, ending a standoff between the White House and senators from fossil-fuel-rich states who derailed the president’s first choice."

Source: Washington Post [4], 04/15/2021

Senate Votes 53-45 To Confirm Mallory To Lead WH Environmental Council [5]

"The U.S. Senate voted 53-45 to confirm Brenda Mallory as head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), a key role that is central to federal environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects and coordinating the administration’s environmental justice and climate change policies."

Source: Reuters [6], 04/15/2021

Writing Is Your Nature [7]

Hone your voice, put your skills to work and sharpen your non-fiction prose through the lens of nature, ecology and conservation. Sign up for a free virtual writing course, May 11, 14, 18, 20 and 25, to learn directly from some of the best science and nature writers in North America today.

ACG Webinar: Climate Change and Energy Policy at the State Level [8]

The Aspen Institute Germany and the American Council on Germany invite you to a virtual discussion on the challenges posed by climate change and energy, and to explore collaboration at state level. 12pm ET.

DEADLINE: JSK Community Impact Fellowships [9]

The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships is expanding their support of journalism that serves local communities of color by offering remote Community Impact Fellowships for the 2021-22 academic year beginning in September. Open to staffers and freelancers. Includes stipend. Deadline: May 27.

"Beehive Deliveries Keep New Yorkers Buzzing On Rooftops, Backyards" [10]

"Bustling New York City may not seem a bee-friendly place, but its high-rise rooftops and tiny gardens are buzzing with honeymakers threatened by pesticides in rural areas."

Source: Reuters [11], 04/14/2021

"Energy Transitions: 4 States Weigh Plans To Rescue Coal Plants" [12]

"Four states are weighing plans to stall the retirement of coal-fired power plants, a sign of growing resistance in conservative, energy-producing regions against national efforts to decarbonize the grid and a reaction to the Texas blackouts, analysts say."

Source: E&E News [13], 04/14/2021

"'Seismic Shift' At FERC Could Kill Natural Gas Pipelines" [14]

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision to assess a proposed natural gas pipeline's contribution to climate change could have major implications for gas infrastructure, analysts say, including nearly unheard-of project rejections."

Source: E&E News [15], 04/14/2021

Computer Mapping Could Help Biden Find And Fix Polluted Neighborhoods [16]

"Diagnosed with asthma at 8 years old, Karlaine Francisco grew up thinking everyone had it. ... After California began making environmental data available through an online mapping tool, Francisco and others in her Filipino immigrant community realized their chronically under-invested neighborhood Little Manila suffered high air pollution and groundwater contamination."

Source: Reuters [17], 04/14/2021

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