| Next Week: The Great American Outdoors Act—ConservAmerica Webinar Series On Tuesday, June 2, at 12 PM EDT, ConservAmerica’s Webinar Series will continue with a discussion of the Great American Outdoors Act. Featured panelists will include Collin O’Mara, President of the National Wildlife Foundation, Brian Yablonski, CEO of PERC, Christy Plumer, Chief Conservation Officer of the TRCP, and our own General Counsel, Brent Fewell. The bill’s co-sponsors, Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Joe Manchin (R-WV), have also been invited to participate. Sen. Manchin has already confirmed. The webinar is free, but please register here. Op-Ed: Civilian Conservation Corps Model Could Help America Recover Congress has so far approved three relief packages to address the pandemic, but ConservAmerica’s Alexandra Ogilvie says policymakers should go further and revive public service programs such as those popular during the Great Depression. She advocates for the revival of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which she says would provide relief and hope as well as give much-needed attention to our national parks. Read her op-ed at Bloomberg Law. Op-Ed: No Better Time to Modernize America's Energy Infrastructure ConservAmerica President Jeff Kupfer co-authored an op-ed in The Hill with Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Executive Director Heather Reams discussing clean energy jobs losses due to COVID-19. They wrote that that legislation including America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act and the American Energy Innovation Act could help spur economic recovery and rebuild the sector’s workforce. Read the editorial at The Hill. Policy Report: Targeted NEPA Reform Supports Efforts to Reopen America’s Economy ConservAmerica recently released a policy report on the need to update the NEPA process to ensure that economic growth and environmental protection continue to be equally valued. It is based on written comments by NYU Law professor and Hoover Institute Senior Fellow Richard Epstein on the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) proposed revisions to the NEPA process that ConservAmerica submitted in March. Read the full policy report here. ConservAmerica Signs Letter to Energy & Commerce and Energy & Natural Resources Committees on Competitive Electricity Markets Given the foundational role that electricity plays in unlocking virtually all economic activity in the United States, ConservAmerica joined a diverse group in signing a letter to ask Congress to expand and improve competitive wholesale electricity markets in order to lower costs for consumers, increase access to clean energy & boost our economy. You can read our letter here. Webinar Participants Chart Course of Climate Action in the Wake of the Pandemic ConservAmerica President Jeff Kupfer, Professor Dan Esty from Yale University, and Dave Banks, chief Republican strategist on the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, participated in an online discussion on the future of climate change and environmental policy post-pandemic. Our partners at EarthX provided a recording of the full webinar, which you can watch here. |
