• Shapiro Advisors Endorse Emissions Curbs to Fight Climate Change but Don’t Embrace RGGI Membership

    Updated: 2023-09-30 09:15:00
    After meeting for months in secrecy, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s working group on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative on Friday endorsed participation in a “cap-and-invest” process to reduce utilities’ greenhouse gas emissions but stopped short of endorsing membership in RGGI. The group’s co-chairs said in a press release that they had “reached broad consensus” on […]

  • The United Auto Workers Strike Is the Latest GOP Culture War Talking Point

    Updated: 2023-09-29 17:42:16
    The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike Friday, bringing the number of employees who walked off the job to demand higher wages and better benefits from Detroit’s Big Three carmakers to 25,000. Republicans vying for the White House next year are using the moment as an opportunity to rail against President Joe Biden’s climate […]

  • This Week’s Climate Policy Update

    Updated: 2023-09-29 00:00:00
    What We Do Who We Are Insights Join Us Subscribe Diversity , Equity and Inclusion Environmental Sustainability Pro Bono About Us About Akin Leadership Client Value Awards Accolades Alumni Locations All Locations North America Boston Dallas Fort Worth Houston Irvine Los Angeles New York Philadelphia San Antonio San Francisco Washington , . D.C Asia Beijing Hong Kong Singapore Europe Geneva London Middle East Abu Dhabi Dubai Close navigation What We Do Who We Are Insights Join Us Diversity , Equity and Inclusion Environmental Sustainability Pro Bono About Us Alumni Locations Subscribe Follow us How can we help you Search Insights Blogs Speaking Sustainability This Week†s Climate Policy Update September 26, 2023 Reading Time 1 min By : Kenneth J . Markowitz Stacey H . Mitchell Dario J .

  • EPA Rolls Out Training Grants For Environmental Justice Communities

    Updated: 2023-09-27 08:55:00
    WASHINGTON—A year ago, when Adam Ortiz, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Mid-Atlantic administrator, met with Shawn Scott here in the predominantly Black Ivy City neighborhood, she asked him a question with more than a little urgency. “‘Adam, can you smell it?’” he remembered her asking him, referring to a chemical manufacturer next door to her home […]

  • Crucial for a Clean Energy Economy, the Aluminum Industry’s Carbon Footprint Is Enormous

    Updated: 2023-09-27 04:01:00
    Aluminum is crucial for a clean energy economy, but its production is a leading source of greenhouse gas emissions as well as toxic air and water pollution, according to a new report by the Environmental Integrity Project on the “paradox” of aluminum.   The report comes as the federal government is offering billions of dollars in […]

  • Why Maryland Is Struggling to Meet Its Own Aggressive Climate Goals

    Updated: 2023-09-26 15:52:38
    Climate and environmental activists are advocating an end to waste-to-energy trash incinerators and an accelerated transition to wind and solar energy as the Maryland Department of the Environment considers proposals for achieving the state’s ambitious climate targets ahead of next year’s legislative session. Maryland has committed to a 60 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions […]

  • This Week’s Climate Policy Update

    Updated: 2023-09-20 00:00:00
    With Climate Week underway, the Biden administration sent top aides to New York to tout the President’s clean energy achievements. On the state level, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is poised to sign SB 253 to require companies earning over a certain threshold to disclose Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Finally, the United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres will host a Climate Action Summit to discuss the status of the Paris climate agreement goals. To read Akin’s most recent climate policy update, please click here.

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