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"With John Kerry Pick, Biden Selects a ‘Climate Envoy’ With Stature" [1]

"Mr. Biden said he would name Mr. Kerry to a cabinet-level climate post, a role laden with political and diplomatic challenges in the post-Trump era."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Source: NYTimes [9], 11/24/2020
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Midnight Deregulation Zombie Horror Show Begins [10]

A rush of last-minute regulatory (and deregulatory) actions are underway in the waning days of the Trump administration. And the latest TipSheet has suggestions not only for how to keep track, but also how to bird-dog the numerous ways the incoming Biden administration might try to reverse Trump’s course.

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TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [12]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [16]
Policy [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Transportation [20]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [21]
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Public [6]
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Biden Presidency a New Era of Open Government? [22]

As a new Biden administration prepares for office, WatchDog issues a call for restoring open government. The latest opinion column puts forward a list of 20 recommended actions that include outlawing assault on journalists, clearing FOIA backlogs and counteracting ag-gag laws. Plus, an updated reporter’s Bill of Rights for government press offices.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog [23]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [24]
Agriculture [25]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Policy [17]
Science [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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"A Push Emerges for the First Native American Interior Secretary" [26]

"A coalition of Democrats, Native Americans and liberal activists is urging President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. to nominate one of Congress’s first Native American women to head the Interior Department, putting an American Indian in control of vast swaths of the continent and the Bureau of Indian Affairs."

Diversity [27]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [29], 11/23/2020
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"Biden Plans to Move Fast With a ‘Climate Administration.’ Here’s How." [30]

"President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., eager to elevate climate change issues throughout his administration, is already drafting orders to reduce planet-warming pollution and seeking nominees who will embed climate policy not only in environmental agencies but in departments from Defense to Treasury to Transportation."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [31], 11/18/2020
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Here Are Some Contenders To Become Biden's Top Environmental Officials [32]

"Unwinding President Trump's rollbacks of anti-pollution rules is going to take a lot of work. And much of it is going to fall on whomever Joe Biden chooses as his main deputies on environmental issues."

Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [33], 11/17/2020
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"Meet a Progressive Favorite for EPA Chief" [34]

Will a progressive Black woman be the next administrator of EPA? An interview with former regional administator Heather McTeer Toney.

Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [36], 11/16/2020
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"Biden Insiders: Return BLM to D.C." [37]

"A coalition of climate experts hoping to guide President-elect Joe Biden's transition team has suggested big changes for the Bureau of Land Management, including reversing the Trump administration's relocation of its headquarters to Colorado."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [38], 11/13/2020
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"EPA: Obama's 'Dream Team' To Smooth Biden's Transition" [39]

"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 [35]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [40], 11/13/2020
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How Biden Aims To Amp Up The Government’s Fight Against Climate Change [41]

"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 [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [42], 11/12/2020
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