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Climate Politics/Capitol Light Newsletter (6)

6/5/2019

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Volume 1                                                                     June 5, 2019                                                                   Issue 6 
 
It’s benighted not be knighted. Donald Trump tells Prince Charles the US has 'clean climate' and blames other countries for the environmental crisis, in a long talk with the prince. China, India, Russia, many other nations, they have not very good air, not very good water, and the sense of pollution. If you go to certain cities … you can’t even breathe, and now that air is going up…They don’t do the responsibility. (The Guardian)

Make mine a mini. This week, Joe Biden released a lengthy climate plan on his website. Though Reuters teased his policy last month as a "middle ground" approach more moderate than the Green New Deal, the proposal looks pretty aggressive and sounds almost Sanders-esque in its ambition. (The Atlantic)

He’s free to ‘steal’ my stuff.  Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden released a comprehensive proposal to combat global climate change, adding to the mix of candidates who have made rolling back dangerous emissions a central tenet of their campaigns.

However, multiple sentences in Biden's proposal appear to lift passages from letters and websites of different organizations. The copied sentences are particularly notable due to Biden's history of plagiarism, which played a major role in tanking his 1988 presidential campaign.

The potential instances of plagiarism were first flagged by Josh Nelson, the vice president of CREDO Mobile, a telecommunications company that also aims to raise money for liberal activist groups and causes. (Business Insider)

  • It should be noted that there’s a warning in this and it’s not about plagiarism. The fact that some of the loudest cries are being raised by progressives plays to the idea that they are nervous about Biden’s becoming the Democratic nominee—as opposed to one of the more liberal/progressive members of the pack.

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Climate Politics/Capitol Light

5/22/2019

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                           Climate Politics/Capitol Light© is a service of The JBS Group and Civil Notion.com
                                                                                                                         

Volume 1                                                             May 22, 2019                                                                       Issue 2                                                                                                        

Folks, in the likely event that the rapture isn't just around the corner, we really need to start thinking about future generations.
                                                                          Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA), 


Looking over Trump’s shoulder. House Democrats have dedicated this week to talk (and listen) about the nation’s need to do something about climate change and its crumbling infrastructure. On May 21st, the House Natural Resources Committee, under the chairmanship of Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), will hold an oversight hearing on the White House’s proposed 2020 budget for the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA).

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget proposed by the administration is $1 billion less than FY 2019. The cuts would eliminate several climate change research programs, including the Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) and the Regional Climate Data and Information Centers.

RISA supports research teams that help expand and build the nation's capacity to prepare for and adapt to climate variability and change. The Regional Climate Centers are a federal-university cooperative effort that supports the operational production and delivery of climate data and information to decision-makers at regional levels. The hearing will also include an examination of the 2020 budget priorities for the US Fish and Wildlife Service—which is in charge of endangered species protection. (Washington Examiner)

Nothing to Yucca about here. The House Appropriations Committee approved the $46.4 billion fiscal 2020 Energy-Water Development bill yesterday evening without attaching the additional funding Republicans had hoped could revive the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. The Committee vote was largely along party lines—31 to 21.

Overall the bill would fund the Department of Energy at $37.1 billion, a $1.4 billion increase from fiscal 2019, and the Army Corps of Engineers at $7.4 billion, a $357 million increase from fiscal 2019, among other agencies. There was language included in the bill that prevents the administration from raiding the Army Corps budget for the border wall.


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    Joel Stronberg, MA, JD., of The JBS Group is a veteran clean energy policy analyst with over 30 years’ experience, based in Washington, DC.

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