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Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure, Economy [1]

"President Biden will unveil an infrastructure plan on Wednesday whose $2 trillion price tag would translate into 20,000 miles of rebuilt roads, repairs to the 10 most economically important bridges in the country, the elimination of lead pipes and service lines from the nation’s water supplies and a long list of other projects intended to create millions of jobs in the short run and strengthen American competitiveness in the long run."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Technology [9]
Transportation [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 03/31/2021
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Fairy Creek Blockade: Inside The Fight For B.C.’S Last Ancient Forests [15]

"For eight months a small group of protesters have successfully prevented logging company Teal-Jones from accessing forest on Pacheedaht territory, exposing tensions that can exist at the intersection of Indigenous land rights, economic opportunity and the urgent battle to protect what remains of the province's old growth".

Activism [16]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [17]
Public [12]
Canada [18]
Source: The Tyee [19], 03/30/2021
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"Biden’s Lesson From Past Green Stimulus Failures: Go Even Bigger" [20]

"As vice president, Joe Biden oversaw a “green jobs” stimulus package that produced notable failures. This time, with more money and more demand for clean technology, will be different, Democrats say."

"WASHINGTON — In September 2009, then-Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. traveled to a defunct General Motors plant near his hometown, Wilmington, Del., to announce a $528.7 million government loan for Fisker Automotive to make hybrid and electric vehicles.

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Transportation [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [21], 03/30/2021
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"The Biden Administration Will Investigate Trump-Era Attacks On Science" [22]

"The Biden administration will investigate Trump-era political interference in science across the government, the first step in what White House officials described as a sweeping effort to rebuild a demoralized federal work force and prevent future abuses."

Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Science [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [25], 03/30/2021
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"Biden Announces Environmental Justice Advisers" [26]

"The White House today [Monday] announced a group of community leaders and green activists to join the Council on Environmental Quality's Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Members include Texas professor Robert Bullard, regarded as the father of the environmental justice movement."

Activism [16]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [27]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [28], 03/30/2021
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Local Water, Sewer Projects May Flow From Infrastructure Funding [29]

The push for federal infrastructure legislation may mean money for local water and sewage projects under a long-standing and broadly bipartisan program called WIFIA. The new TipSheet explains how the program works and why the latest developments could spell news for local environmental reporters. Plus, story ideas and reporting resources.

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Water & Oceans [11]
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"Green Climate Fund Chief Urges Reopening of U.S. Finance Tap" [36]

"As the Green Climate Fund seeks to ramp up its financing for climate action and green recovery in developing nations, it needs the United States to restart contributions halted by its former president, the fund's executive director said on Friday."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [37]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [38], 03/29/2021
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"Conservatives, Greens Snub Big Oil's Carbon Price Play" [39]

"The oil industry's embrace of pricing carbon dioxide emissions is getting the cold shoulder from conservatives and congressional Republicans."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [40], 03/29/2021
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"Some Green Groups Oppose Lower Snake River Dam Removal Plan" [41]

"A coalition of 17 environmental groups is speaking out against a key part of a sweeping plan to remove the lower Snake River dams to save salmon and steelhead."

Agriculture [42]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
Northwest (OR WA) [44]
Source: AP [45], 03/29/2021
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Biden Invites World Leaders, Including Putin And Xi, To A Climate Summit [46]

"President Biden on Friday invited 40 world leaders, including Presidents Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China, to participate in a climate summit next month.

The summit will begin on Earth Day, April 22. Like all of Mr. Biden’s international meetings so far, it will be held virtually, and a White House announcement said it would be “live streamed for public viewing.”

Climate Change [2]
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Public [12]
International [37]
Source: NYTimes [47], 03/29/2021
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