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âAmerica the beautifulâ: Biden administration aims to protect 30% of US lands and waters by 2030
âThis is a critical opportunity for Americans to come together to build a new, more inclusive model of conservation to save nature, and ultimately ourselves,â said one advocate.
Climate and conservation advocacy groups joined business, Indigenous, and local political leaders on Thursday in welcoming a new federal report that details the Biden administration’s vision for conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.
“It’s a big deal that the Biden administration recognizes we’re in the midst of a wildlife extinction crisis and a climate emergency. This report is an important rallying cry,” said Randi Spivak, public lands director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “There’s no time to waste. We need to translate this vision into new and enduring conservation actions on the ground across our country.”
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Environmental groups in Pennsylvania are expressing support for President Elect Joe Biden’s pick of Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
If confirmed, Regan would be the first black man to head the EPA. A native of North Carolina, he worked in the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations before becoming the head of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality in 2017. At that job, he worked on climate change, coal ash, and environmental justice issues.
Joe Minott, executive director of the Philadelphia-based Clean Air Council, says he thinks Regan was a good choice to lead the agency given the Biden administration’s focus on addressing climate and environmental racism.
With Transition Underway, BlueGreen Alliance Calls for Social Infrastructure Investment
December 18, 2020 12:36 ET | Source: BlueGreen Alliance BlueGreen Alliance Minneapolis, Minnesota, UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) With the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris just weeks away, the BlueGreen Alliance released a new policy document calling for “social infrastructure” investments in the public sector and public services.
“Properly resourced social infrastructure health care systems, public health agencies, education, community-based services, and more is necessary to prepare the nation for disasters, whether climate change or the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” said BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh. “For too long our social infrastructure has been neglected and now as COVID-19 devastates our communities we are seeing the impact
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