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November 18, 2020

Navigating Liability and Legal Issues As a Freelance Writer [1]

Joining The Writers' Co-op for this webinar are Umair Kazi of The Author's Guild and media attorney Carolyn Schurr Levin. 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST.

Other Events [2]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]

"Lawsuit Seeks To Stop Construction Of $1B Transmission Line" [6]

"Three conservation groups are asking a judge to stop construction of a 145-mile (230-kilometer) power transmission line corridor to bring Canadian hydropower to the New England grid."

Energy & Fuel [7]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Canada [9]
Source: AP [10], 11/13/2020
  • Read more about "Lawsuit Seeks To Stop Construction Of $1B Transmission Line" [6]

"Air Pollution: 4 Trump Rules Likely Early Targets for Biden EPA" [11]

"Incoming leaders of the EPA air office will face a consequential choice: Which Trump administration rollbacks will they undo first?"

Air [12]
Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [15]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [16], 11/13/2020
  • Read more about "Air Pollution: 4 Trump Rules Likely Early Targets for Biden EPA" [11]

DOJ Stalled Probe Against Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke: Sources [17]

"Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen told prosecutors they needed more evidence to charge Zinke with lying to federal prosecutors."

Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [18]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [19], 11/13/2020
  • Read more about DOJ Stalled Probe Against Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke: Sources [17]

"EPA: Obama's 'Dream Team' To Smooth Biden's Transition" [20]

"Some of the highest-profile EPA officials of the Obama administration are regrouping as members of President-elect Joe Biden's EPA transition team. The 12 members include several former officials who helped craft the agency's most consequential regulations dealing with air, climate and water — most of which have been rolled back by the Trump administration."

Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [23], 11/13/2020
  • Read more about "EPA: Obama's 'Dream Team' To Smooth Biden's Transition" [20]

"Count On Biden To Restore The National Monuments Trump Trashed" [24]

"The president-elect has vowed to not only reverse the Trump administration’s rollback of protected sites, but designate new ones."

Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [18]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: HuffPost [26], 11/13/2020
  • Read more about "Count On Biden To Restore The National Monuments Trump Trashed" [24]

"Biden SEC Likely to Push More Climate, Diversity Disclosures" [27]

"The SEC will have the power, under Democratic control, to mandate corporate disclosures on diversity and climate change risks, police more of Wall Street, and reverse recent efforts to ease capital raising in private markets in the coming years."

Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [28]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [29], 11/13/2020
  • Read more about "Biden SEC Likely to Push More Climate, Diversity Disclosures" [27]

"San Francisco Bans Natural Gas In New Buildings" [30]

"The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has voted to ban natural gas in new buildings starting in 2021."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [3]
California [31]
Source: KRON [32], 11/12/2020
  • Read more about "San Francisco Bans Natural Gas In New Buildings" [30]

"What Will Trump’s Most Profound Legacy Be? Possibly Climate Damage" [33]

"President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will use the next four years to try to restore the environmental policies that his predecessor has methodically blown up, but the damage done by the greenhouse gas pollution unleashed by President Trump’s rollbacks may prove to be one of the most profound legacies of his single term."

Climate Change [13]
Disasters [34]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [35], 11/12/2020
  • Read more about "What Will Trump’s Most Profound Legacy Be? Possibly Climate Damage" [33]

How Biden Aims To Amp Up The Government’s Fight Against Climate Change [36]

"A new administration would enlist departments like Transportation, Agriculture and Treasury to advance its climate goals"

"President-elect Joe Biden is poised to embed action on climate change across the breadth of the federal government, from the departments of Agriculture to Treasury to State — expanding it beyond environmental agencies to speed U.S. efforts to mitigate global warming and to acknowledge that the problem touches many aspects of American life.

Climate Change [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [37], 11/12/2020
  • Read more about How Biden Aims To Amp Up The Government’s Fight Against Climate Change [36]

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