This year will mark 52 years since the first Earth Day and countries around the world are celebrating.
is a global campaign to remove billions of pieces of trash from neighborhoods, beaches, rivers, lakes, trails, and parks. It’s an effort to reduce waste and plastic pollution, improve habitats and prevent harm to wildlife and humans. Several cities are hosting related events. Akhil Sivanandan co-founded Green Story, a platform to measure and communicate the environmental impact of products. He shares the negative aspects of fast fashion on our planet.
Biden’s Build Back Better plan, which contains $550 billion in spending and tax credits aimed at promoting clean energy, was sidetracked by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who said just before Christmas that he could not support the legislation as written.Even without the legislation, Biden can pursue his climate agenda through rules and regulations.
Indeed, the Environmental Protection Agency announced new tailpipe rules for cars and trucks the day after Manchin’s bombshell announcement Dec. 19. The Interior Department also announced approval of two large-scale solar projects in California and moved to open up public lands in other Western states to solar development as part of the administration’s efforts to counter climate change by shifting from fossil fuels.
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