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Biden says at SOTU he wants to triple Climate Corps |
President Biden said he plans to triple the size of the American Climate Corps jobs program by the end of the decade during his State of the Union Speech. |
"Patterned after the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, I launched the Climate Corps to put 20,000 young people to work in the forefront of our clean energy future," Biden said during the Thursday night speech. "I'll triple that number in a decade," he continued. Biden created the program last year — to much fanfare from progressives, who had pushed for the establishment of a climate jobs initiative. When the Corps was announced last year, the administration said it would put people to work in areas including restoring lands and waters, deploying clean energy and implementing energy efficiency technology. During his speech, Biden also appeared to question whether there was still climate denial among the members of Congress he was speaking before. "I don't think any of you think there's no longer a climate crisis. At least I hope you don't," he said. Check out more State of the Union from our colleagues 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 state of Texas on Friday sued the Biden administration over an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule restricting methane emissions finalized earlier Friday morning. |
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| Sea level rise caused by the changing climate is expected to wreak havoc on the nation's coastal cities, impacts that could be heightened in the years ahead as the cities themselves are sinking, according to a study published this week. |
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A local Pennsylvania official invited as Rep. Chris Deluzio's (D-Pa.) guest to President Biden's State of the Union address Thursday evening said he's "a little disappointed" by the lack of progress on rail safety legislation a year after a trail derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. |
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Branch out with a different read from The Hill: |
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President Biden delivered his final State of the Union before the 2024 election Thursday evening. It was a pivotal moment — a rare opportunity to speak unmediated to an American public that, right now, holds the president in low esteem. Here are the main takeaways. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Biden administration acknowledges it can force Bitcoin mines to disclose pollution (The Verge) An 'inland tsunami': 15 million people are at risk from catastrophic glacial lake outbursts, researchers find (CNN)
The U.N. Secretary-General's Searing Message for the Fossil-Fuel Industry (The New Yorker)
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
Tuesday The House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on grid security and reliability
The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on "Ending Global Dependence on Putin's Nuclear Energy Sector"
- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the findings and recommendations of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a business meeting on whether to advance bills related to conservation as well as economic development and infrastructure - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a hearing on disaster readiness and FEMA Resources
- The House Natural Resources committee will hold a markup of several bills
Thursday - The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on responding to wildfires
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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The House on Thursday passed a bill that would require the detention of any migrant who committed burglary or theft, legislation that House Republicans named after a Georgia student who police say was killed by a man who illegally crossed the border. Read more |
| House Democrats are raising the alarm over possible interference with their probe into the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general after he thanked Republican leaders for confirming he is not being investigated by two committees and claimed he is a whistleblower. Read more |
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