Climate Change
NOAA terminates space, climate and marine life advisory committees
Experts caution the groups play a key role in ensuring agencies use the best available science in their decision making.
To solve global warming, fund climate science with climate communication
COMMENTARY | The government isn’t investing enough in the communication of climate science, writes two observers.
Half a billion dollars in grants awarded to boost the EV charging network
The Biden administration also said that the number of publicly available EV chargers has doubled since the president took office.
As millions of acres burn, firefighters say the U.S. Forest Service has left them with critical shortages
The country’s wildland firefighting resources are spread thin, more blazes are imminent, and supervisors of local crews are reluctant to allow firefighters to travel far from home to help elsewhere.
25 states file an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to halt EPA’s carbon rule
The rule could end coal-fired power plants in America, attorneys general argue.
FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods
A policy change from the disaster recovery agency will “integrate current and future changes in flooding based on climate science” to assess where and how to construct future buildings.
A House funding bill would make recent federal firefighter pay raises permanent
The House Appropriations Committee is set to advance a spending package Tuesday that would codify recent temporary pay raises for federal wildland firefighters into law and fund them to the tune of $330 million.
Biden administration announces new rule to protect workers from heat-related illnesses
A new White House rule would require employers to monitor workers’ heat exposure, provide cool-down areas and take other steps for personnel in 35 million heat-related jobs.
Forest Service will partially refund federal firefighters’ rent in government-owned housing
The decision to provide a 50% refund to wildland firefighters at the GS-10 level who reside in government-owned housing will affect roughly 5,500 employees.
Senate bill aims to streamline how agencies respond to wildfires
Much like the workforce-focused wildfire bill introduced last week in the House, the EMBER Act draws its provisions from the recommendations of a recent bipartisan commission report.
Agencies spell out how climate change will affect their employees and what they’ll do to protect them
The Biden administration is looking to protect federal workers and agency missions in the fact of extreme weather.
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Feds invest $60M to boost local climate resilience and workforce development
The Climate-Ready Workforce initiative looks to place individuals in good-paying jobs that help advance coastal communities’ climate resilience.
Lawmakers unveil a new plan to revamp federal wildfire prevention and mitigation
The Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act would create a new Middle Fire Leaders Academy to rapidly bolster the ranks of federal wildland firefighters.
Court dismisses criminal charges against federal firefighter arrested while conducting official duties
The arrest and subsequent indictment of a federal supervisor doing his job had caused panic within the workforce and has some concerned the damage will be difficult to reverse.
Can Biden’s new jobs program to fight climate change attract women and people of color?
The American Climate Corps program aims to recruit a diverse workforce. But it will face challenges including low pay, the need for child care, and historic discrimination against women in the trades.
New rule cements sustainability mandate for federal buyers
A new update to the Federal Acquisition Regulation is meant to help the government meet goals for net-zero procurement by 2050.
Biden announces first tranche of Climate Corps jobs with hopes of segueing thousands into federal service
Participants can leverage their experience into federal internships and jobs.
BLM to finalize rule allowing federal leases targeted at protection of natural areas
The rule marks a shift in the agency’s focus toward conservation.
Biden’s environmental justice scorecard offers more questions than answers
The White House's own environmental justice progress report gives little insight into the green benefits delivered to disadvantaged communities.
Nuclear regulators should weigh climate change risk to power plants, report says
A GAO report found the Nuclear Regulatory Commission needs to factor more risk from the impact of more extreme natural events in how it licenses the safety of power plants.
