| ConservAmerica Hosts Deputy Secretary of Energy Mark Menezes for Webinar This week, ConservAmerica’s Executive Board Chair Nan Hayworth hosted our latest webinar discussion with Deputy Secretary Menezes, which touched on topics ranging from the status of energy innovation and the challenges of meeting energy demand in a carbon-constrained world to DOE’s efforts to modernize and secure the electric grid. Read a recap here. ConservAmerica Joins Earthx TV Also this week, ConservAmerica hosted two more webinar interviews on Earthx TV. ConservAmerica President Jeff Kupfer interviewed former Clinton White House official Roger Ballentine on a potential Biden Administration and ConservAmerica Counsel Brent Fewell spoke with Professor Jonathan Adler on what an increasingly conservative Supreme Court means for environmental law. Watch on Earthx TV. Todd Johnston Op-Ed in C3: Climate Debate Needs More Focus on Resilience, Less on Politics Our Vice President of Policy recently penned an op-ed focused on how the false promise of a silver-bullet solution unfortunately dominates the conversation about climate change and keeps us from working together. Two decades of international climate conferences should be enough proof that a better approach is needed. Read more. ConservAmerica Sends Letter to Senate Hearing on Endangered Species Act Amendments Focused on Elevating the Role of States, Ranchers, and Farmers Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), recently held a hearing on S. 4589, Endangered Species Act Amendments Act of 2020. The bill is focused on strengthening partnerships between states, tribes, and landowners in carrying out the implementation of the ESA. Read more analysis. |
