Calif. Plan Would Give $100M To Indigenous Leaders To Buy Ancestral Lands
"Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed giving California’s Indigenous nations $100m so they can purchase and preserve their ancestral lands."
Source: Guardian, 03/22/2022
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Black, Low-Income Areas in Fla. Still Haven’t Recovered From Michael
"The first Category 5 storm to hit the U.S. mainland since 1992 caused $18.4 billion in damages in Florida, but advocates say FEMA red tape has slowed recovery for some Panama City residents."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/22/2022
"Top Democrats Probe USPS Fleet Contractor"
"Top Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee have launched an investigation into Oshkosh Defense LLC, the company awarded a multibillion-dollar contract to replace the U.S. Postal Service’s aging fleet of vehicles."
Source: E&E News, 03/22/2022
"A Chumash Tribe And Conservationists Fight Offshore Wind Turbines"
"Along the wind-blasted shores of the Gaviota Coast, near the rocket gantries of Vandenberg Space Force Base, lazy breakers claw at the base of sandy bluffs and dunes, while farther out to sea, great white sharks cruise beneath churning whitecaps."
Source: LA Times, 03/22/2022
"‘Evolving Intelligence’ Puts U.S. Energy Industry On High Alert"
"President Biden yesterday urged U.S. companies operating critical infrastructure, including in the energy sector, to harden their digital defenses as new intelligence shows Russia is “exploring options for potential cyberattacks.”
Source: E&E News, 03/22/2022
4th Round of UN Talks Fail To Finalize A Treaty To Manage The High Seas
"U.N. member states met this month in New York to hash out a treaty governing the sustainable management of the high seas, resource-rich international waters that span about two-thirds of the ocean."
Source: Mongabay, 03/22/2022
"How War in the World’s Breadbasket “Changes Everything”"
"Russia’s latest assault on its western neighbor has plunged global food markets into a state of chaos, with prices gyrating upward."
Source: Mother Jones, 03/22/2022
"‘Watershed Moment.’ SEC Proposed Landmark Climate Rules"
"Large companies that do business in the United States would be required within three years to lay bare their contributions and vulnerabilities to climate change — including, in some cases, the planet-warming emissions associated with their customers and suppliers."
Source: E&E News, 03/22/2022
"Don Young Leaves Outsize Natural Resources Legacy"
"Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young played an outsize role in shaping many natural resources policies during his nearly half a century as Alaska’s lone House representative, leaving a mark on issues like oil and natural gas, fisheries and endangered species."
Source: E&E News, 03/21/2022
Report Looks At Water Quality 50 Years After The Clean Water Act Passed
"Half a century after the Clean Water Act became law, the United States is still far from the goal of having all of its waters clean enough that people can fish and swim in them."
Source: NM Political Report, 03/21/2022
