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30 Major Climate Initiatives Under Biden

Legal Planet

This post from UC Berkeley and UCLA Law puts together the pieces by listing the 30 most consequential Biden actions, by date and subject matter. The earliest action covered is Biden’s rejoining the Paris Agreement; the most recent is a burst of final actions taken around Earth Day 2024. International January 20, 2021.

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2021 Legislative session media highlights

Washington Nature

Seattle Met, May 17 - Environmental Justice Arrives in Washington State Law | Seattle Met David Mendoza helped make the HEAL Act accessible and understandable for this story. Ultimately it passed with House provisions included.

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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Washington Takes Bold Action with Passage of Climate Commitment Act

Washington Nature

In the waning hours of the 2021 session and the day after Earth Day, the Washington House of Representatives passed the Climate Commitment Act in a floor vote of 54-43. Once signed into law, Washington will have a firm statewide cap on climate pollution, covering 75% of the greenhouse gas emissions for the state.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.28.22

PA Environment Daily

House returns to session May 23, 24, 25 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 3:00: DEP Webinar On Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program.

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Analysis: What challenges face Chile’s new ‘environmentalist’ government?

A Greener Life

Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric speaks in Santiago, the day after his election victory in December 2021. If you ask me what is the most important action we should take, it is to have this law,” she said during one of the legislative sessions. Photo credit: ZUMA Press / Alamy.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33