Leveraging IIJA: Plans for Expanding Intercity Passenger Rail
Witnesses
- Stephen Gardner, President, Amtrak
- David Kim, Secretary, California State Transportation Agency
- Kevin Corbett, President and CEO of New Jersey Transit, Co-Chair, Northeast Corridor Commission
- Julie White, Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation, North Carolina Department of Transportation, Commission Chair, Southeast Corridor Commission
- Donna DeMartino, Managing Director, Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor Agency
- Knox Ross, Mississippi Commissioner and Chair, Southern Rail Commission
S. 2372, The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a legislative hearing to examine S. 2372, The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, introduced by Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.).
Promoting Economic and Community Redevelopment and Environmental Justice in the Revitalization and Reuse of Contaminated Properties
During this hearing, the subcommittee will receive testimony on federal, state, and local efforts to address the nation’s brownfields and other contaminated properties, and how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act accelerates those efforts.
Witnesses- Lucy Vinis, Mayor, Eugene, OR
- Michael Goldstein, Chairman, Public Policy, Redevelopment Incentives, and Regulatory Partnerships Committee, National Brownfields Coalition
- Susan Bodine, Partner, Earth & Water Law
- Dr. Sacoby Wilson, Associate Professor & Director, Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice & Health, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, School of Public Health University of Maryland
- Jerome Shabazz, Executive Director, Overbrook Environmental Education Center, Philadelphia
- mark! Lopez, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, Commerce, Calif.
Launch Event
Third Act is a new way for people over 60 — “experienced Americans” — to bring their unique skills and resources to bear on the most pressing issues of our time. We invite you to join our upcoming launch event to learn how you can be a part of our movement.
You’ll hear from Third Act Founder Bill McKibben, Lead Advisor Akaya Windwood, and a lineup of visionary elders, experienced organizers, and frontline changemakers as we launch a new way to see your Third Act.
Forever Chemicals: Research and Development for Addressing the PFAS Problem
Witnesses
- Dr. Elsie Sunderland, Gordan McKay Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Abigail Hendershott, Executive Director, Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART)
- Amy Dindal, Director of Environmental Research and Development, Battelle Memorial Institute
- Dr. Peter Jaffé, Professor, Department Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
We Don't Have Time U.S. Launch
We Don’t Have Time is the name of the world’s largest review platform for climate solutions, and it is now launching in the United States on Thursday, December 2.
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1:45 PM EST — Introduction- Sweta Chakraborty, President of US Operations, We Don’t Have Time
- David Livingston, Senior Advisor to the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry
- Ingmar Rentzhog, Founder & CEO, We Don’t Have Time
- Alexandria Villaseñor (moderator), Founder, Earth Uprising
- Ebony Martin, Co-executive Director, Greenpeace USA
- Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., President & CEO of the Hip-Hop Caucus
- Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization, National Wildlife Federation
- Tim Kelly, Executive Director, Earth HQ
- Boaz Paldi, Global Partnership & Engagement Manager, UNDP
- Dr. Sweta Chakraborty (moderator), President of US Operations, We Don’t Have Time
- Boaz Paldi, Global Partnership & Engagement Manager, UNDP
- Sergio Fernandez de Cordova, Executive Chairman, PVBLIC Foundation
- Ingmar Rentzhog, Founder & CEO, We Don’t Have Time
3:20 PM EST — Media Interlude
3:30 PM EST — The Role of Business- Joe Romm (moderator), Founder of Front Page Live
- Avi Garbow, Environmental Advocate, Patagonia
- Adheer Bahulkar, Managing Director, NA Supply Chain, Accenture
- Marcus Lovell Smith, Founder & CEO, Neutral
- John Podesta, Former White House Chief of Staff to President Clinton, Counselor to President Obama, and Founder of the Center for American Progress
4:15 PM EST — Media Interlude
4:25 PM EST — The Role of Governments- Nancy Colleton (Moderator), President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
- Sherri Goodman, Secretary General IMCCS Monica Medina, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. State Department
5:00 PM EST — Summary & End of Broadcast
Outdoor Recreation Legislation
- S. 1229, to modify the procedures for issuing special recreation permits for certain public land units, and for other purposes (Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation Act).
- S. 1269, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to complete an interagency report on the effects of special recreation permits on environmental justice communities, and for other purposes (Environmental Justice in Recreation Permitting Act).
- S. 1616, to provide exceptions from permitting and fee requirements for content creation, regardless of distribution platform, including digital or analog video and digital or analog audio recording activities, conducted on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior (Federal Interior Land Media Act).
- S. 1874, to promote innovative approaches to outdoor recreation on Federal land and to increase opportunities for collaboration with non-Federal partners, and for other purposes (Recreation Not Red Tape Act).
- S. 2258, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Parks, Jobs, and Equity Program to support job creation, economic revitalization, and park development for communities impacted by COVID–19 (Parks, Jobs, and Equity Act).
- S. 2886, to amend title 54, United States Code, to authorize the donation and distribution of capes, horns, and antlers from wildlife management activities carried out on National Park System land (Cape and Antler Preservation Enhancement Act).
- S. 2887, to codify the existing Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program of the National Park Service, and for other purposes (Outdoors for All Act).
- S. 3264, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Sectary of Agriculture to develop long-distance bike trails on Federal lands, and for other purposes (the Bike Over Long-distance Trails Act).
- S. 3266, to improve recreation opportunities on, and facilitate greater access to, Federal public land, and for other purposes (Outdoor Recreation Act).
- Christopher French, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, USDA Forest Service
- Mark Lambrecht, Assistant Director, National Conservation Lands & Community Partnerships, Bureau of Land Management
- Fred Ferguson, Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications, Vista Outdoor
- Jessica (Wahl) Turner, President, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable
What More Public Lands Leasing Means for Achieving U.S. Climate Targets
On Thursday, December 2, 2021, at 10:00 am EDT, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will host a remote oversight hearing titled, “What More Public Lands Leasing Means for Achieving U.S. Climate Targets”
Witnesses- Carrie Hamblen, NM State Senator (D), District 38, CEO/President, Las Cruces Green Chamber of Commerce
- Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Executive Director, Western Environmental Law Center
- Jade Begay, Climate Justice Campaign Director, NDN Collective, Member, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council
- Nick Loris, Vice President of Public Policy, Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions
EPA Assistant Administrator Nominations and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Oversight Hearing
Business meeting to consider the nominations of
- Carlton Waterhouse, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency
- Amanda Howe, of Virginia, David M. Uhlmann, of Michigan, and Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, each to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- and Jennifer Clyburn Reed, of South Carolina, to be Federal Cochairperson of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (New Position)
To be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.