Please invest in Our Daily Planet today, by making a one time or monthly contribution.
We do not charge our readers a subscription fee for our content. We want to continue to grow our readership, particularly among millennials and public servants. Voluntary contributions from readers will help us employ interns and freelance journalists, expand our content, and reach a larger audience.
If you make a contribution of $150 or more, you will become an official “Friend of the Planet” and receive a Friend of the Planet T-shirt or water bottle.
Our Daily Planet is a daily morning email (M-F) to keep you informed of the stories shaping our environment. If these issues matter to you, we’d like to be the best ten minutes of your morning.
— LCV – League of Conservation Voters (@LCVoters) March 17, 2021
This week, environmental groups, Climate Power, the League of Conservation Voters, and Potential Energy Coalition (along with ally, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer) launched a joint campaign aimed at pressuring lawmakers to include climate change initiatives in the emerging infrastructure bill.
The Great American Buildis a $10 million effort that seeks to persuade members of Congress as well as the Biden administration to fully fund climate initiatives within the infrastructure package that include:
EV infrastructure
Building upgrades and weatherization
Money to build more solar and wind power
Getting 40-50m EVs on the road by 2030
The campaign frames this spending in the context of job opportunities saying that “These aren’t the jobs of the future, they are the jobs of right now and they are and can be in every state across the country if we invest in America.”
Why This Matters: Although Democrats just passed the $1.9T American Rescue Act, the Biden administration’s best hope for a climate bill could very well be a robust infrastructure package. It’s unclear if any Republicans would support an infrastructure bill robust enough to address climate action, which is why the bill might have to be passed through the budget reconciliation process. Either way, it’s important that voters understand that infrastructure = job creation.
The Biden administration released its “skinny” post-election year budget plan for government spending next year and it included large increases for battling climate change and reversing environmental injustice, particularly as compared to the Trump administration’s drastic proposed cuts in these areas.Â
Why This Matters: These are big increases over the Trump administration’s proposals — for NOAA it would mean 50% more. But Congress never enacted those truly skinny budgets — they actually modestly increased or held most environmental spending steady.
As the Biden administration readies to enact an infrastructure plan, Congressional Republicans continue to lament that water pipes, EV chargers, and expanded railways “don’t count” as infrastructure. Yet, as Biden cabinet members have been saying: we need to expand our definition of infrastructure beyond roads and bridges to prepare our country for the future. As […]
Leading up to Earth Day and President Biden’s first Climate Summit on April 22, Gallup is releasing a series of environmental polls, and the latest has found that the opinion gap on climate change between Democrats and Republicans is only growing wider.Â
Why This Matters: We’ve reported often on climate misinformation in the media, and this situation is no exception.
Subscribe to the email that top lawmakers, renowned scientists, and thousands of concerned citizens turn to each morning for the latest environmental news and analysis.
Want the lastest climate news summarized for you each morning?
Our Daily Planet is your daily dose of the stories shaping our world and the ways that you can take action. From the climate crisis to the protection of biodiversity, if these issues matter to you then please subscribe & stay informed!
Your privacy is Important! We promise never to use your email address to send you spam or advertisements.
