 Energy & Environment |
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Biden administration to create climate corps program |
The Biden administration will create a federal climate corps, an idea the president touted in his 2020 campaign and long desired by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. |
On a call with reporters Tuesday, administration officials said the program will employ 20,000 people in its first year, with signups opening Wednesday. Officials said on the call that those recruits will be "doing the important task of conserving and restoring our lands and waters, bolstering community resilience, deploying clean energy … implementing energy efficiency technologies that will cut consumer costs for the American people, and advancing environmental justice." Biden called for the creation of such a program on the campaign trail in 2020 and a version of the idea was included in early drafts of the Build Back Better Act, the climate and infrastructure bill that was later abandoned amid a Senate logjam, with the president instead signing the Inflation Reduction Act. Progressive and climate advocates "really see this as the start and not the finish," said Varshini Prakash, executive director of the progressive environmental advocacy group Sunrise Movement, who was also on the press call, "and we know if we have any hopes of heading off the worst of … climate change, we will have to expand and build upon the initial first steps that have been made here." Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter, we're Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk — keeping you up to speed on the policies impacting everything from oil and gas to new supply chains. |
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How policy will affect the energy and environment sectors now and in the future: |
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The Michigan Supreme Court has declined to revive cases against seven officials in connection with the Flint Water crisis, marking what could be the end of the road in a long legal battle. |
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| Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) led a bipartisan press conference Wednesday in support of an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) expanding compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). |
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Presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) unveiled a plan Wednesday that he said aims to deliver gasoline at $2 per gallon in 2025. Presidential policies only have limited impacts on gasoline prices, since oil markets are global, and in the U.S, private companies rather than politicians make decisions on whether to drill. |
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California Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman on Wednesday called out his district neighbor, Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, over the latter’s minimization of climate change. |
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Branch out with a different read on The Hill: |
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X earned last place in a new ranking of social media platforms and their actions against climate change misinformation. |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
On Thursday: - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a business meeting to consider pending legislation
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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SEC cracks down on misleading fund names and 'greenwashing' (Market Watch)
Dutch firms get up to $49 bln annually in fossil fuel subsidies - report (Reuters) UK prime minister planning to drop net zero policies in pre-election challenge to Labour (The Guardian)
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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House Republicans are growing increasingly angry with their hard-line colleagues who are blocking the chamber from advancing spending bills — a reality that is leading some moderates to consider ditching Republicans and working with Democrats to avoid an end-of-the-month shutdown. Read more |
| Republican senators are growing increasingly alarmed at Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) inability to pass spending legislation over the staunch opposition of a small group of conservative rebels, and fear a government shutdown may be days away. Read more |
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