WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve in key national security positions in his Administration.
Brenda Sue Fulton, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Department of Defense
Donald Lu, Nominee for Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Department of State
Christopher Maier, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict, Department of Defense
Sarah Margon, Nominee for Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State
Deborah Rosenblum, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense, Department of Defense
April 22, 2021
By Anuradha Varanasi
In honor of Earth Day on April 22, the Earth Institute has a variety of great stories and events lined up for you throughout the entire month of April. Learn more.
As the impacts of climate change are speeding up, the frequency of extreme weather events and natural disasters is soaring. Every summer, there are destructive wildfires in California and the Himalayas, or heatwaves in Europe, or record floods in East Africa and South Asia during monsoons.
This year’s Earth Day theme, “Restore Our Earth,” urges us to realize that after enduring multiple lockdowns globally, we cannot go back to pre-COVID business as usual.
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Learning From California’s Ambitious Climate Policy
By Aimee Barnes, Ashley Conrad-Saydah, Hannah Argento-McCurdy, Angela Luh, and Matthew Gobin
April 16, 2021, 5:00 am Getty/Manny Crisostomo
The Carquinez Bridge looms in the background of the playground area of the Ninth Street Park and Boat Launch in Benicia, California, on February 11, 2014.
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California has long been synonymous with effective climate policy. Beginning in 2001, the Golden State established its first voluntary emissions reporting program under Gov. Gray Davis (D). Subsequently, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) built on this initial commitment to reducing emissions when the state passed the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 its landmark climate legislation.
Coinbase Crashes The Party
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Coinbase employee Daniel Huynh holds a celebratory bottle of champagne as he photographs outside the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York s Times Square, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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In a watershed moment for the bitcoin and crypto industry, industry headliner Coinbase made its public debut via a direct listing on Nasdaq. It was a volatile day of trading, but it ended with the crypto firm achieving a market capitalization of $86 billion, making it the largest direct listing ever.
That said, despite this successful first day many questions and challenges remain for Coinbase as it gets used to life as a public company. Additionally, while there remains elevated interest from investors to buy the stock, there are important considerations to take into account first.