A lifeline for those suffering from climate anxiety, Facing the Climate
Emergency combines Salamon’s expertise in clinical psychology and
disruptive climate activism to help readers transform their fear and
grief into courage and heroism.
This beloved self-help book provides emphatic guidance for the
overwhelmed and concrete strategies for tackling anxiety and other
painful climate emotions. Facing the Climate Emergency offers inspiring
portraits of ordinary people who are striking school, throwing soup onto
paintings, and otherwise disrupting normalcy in order to raise the alarm
and create rapid policy change.
Facing the Climate Emergency helps people. That’s why writer and
director Adam McKay writes in the foreword to the 2nd edition, “I hope
this book becomes as ubiquitous as the Heimlich maneuver in
restaurants.”
About the Speakers —
Margaret Klein Salamon, Ph.D, is the executive director of the Climate
Emergency Fund, which raises and
grants millions of dollars to nonviolent disruptive climate activists. A
graduate of Harvard with a Ph.D. from Adelphi University, Margaret
brings her psychological expertise to all of her climate work. As
founder of the grassroots advocacy group Climate Mobilization, she
spearheaded the campaign for governments to acknowledge the climate
emergency through an official declaration. A climate emergency has now
been declared by over 2,270 global governments, comprising more than 1
billion of the world’s citizens. Her Climate Awakening project
facilitates hundreds of virtual and in-person small-group conversations,
helping people transform their fear, rage, and despair into effective
action.
Roberta Baskin spent more than 30 years as an awarding-winning
investigative reporter at CBS News,
ABC news, & PBS
exposing stories of injustices. Roberta’s storied career garnered more
than 75 journalism awards, including three duPont Columbia Awards, two
Peabody Awards, and multiple Emmys. Her investigations reformed
injustices and improved dozens of health and safety products and
practices. She now serves on five non-profit boards dedicated to climate
justice and solutions to socio-economic divides.
On Thursday, May 25, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House
Office Building, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an
oversight budget hearing titled “Examining the President’s
FY 2024 Budget Request for the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and Office of Insular Affairs.”
Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of
the Interior
Carmen Cantor, Assistant Secretary for Insular and International
Affairs, Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
The President’s budget request for Indian Affairs programs in
FY 2024 is $4.7
billion,
an increase of $690 million over FY 2023. This
includes $3 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), $1.6 billion
for the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), and $109.1 million for the
Bureau of Trust Funds Administration.
During Tribal consultations and listening sessions participants have
consistently pointed to the adverse impacts the changing climate is
having on Alaska Native subsistence practices and Alaska Native
communities, as well as the need to expand Tribal co-management
partnerships and the incorporation of Indigenous Knowledge into
subsistence management. In response to Tribal recommendations heard
through these engagements, the FY 2024 budget
proposes to transfer the functions of the Office of Subsistence
Management from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, along with a program increase of
$2.5 million for the program.
$12 million for the creation of a new Tribal Land and Water Conservation
Fund land acquisition program. During listening sessions held last year,
Tribes identified having direct access to Land and Water Conservation
Fund resources for conservation and recreation projects as one of their
top priorities.
The budget includes $385.9
million,
a $52.7 million increase over 2023 enacted, for critical trust natural
resources activities and investing in climate resilience and
environmental justice. Of that amount, $48.0 million is provided for the
Tribal Climate Resilience program. This program includes the Tribal
Climate Adaptation Grant program, which is funded at $24.8 million to
better assess and meet Tribal climate adaptation needs, and the Climate
Relocation Grant program, which is funded at $15.5 million, $6 million
more than the 2023 enacted amount. The Tribal Climate Resilience program
also includes $7.8 million for Tribal youth corps programs.
On Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 1324 Longworth House
Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on
Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight
hearing
titled “Examining the Biden Administration’s Efforts to Limit Access to
Public Lands.”
Todd Devlin, Prairie County Commissioner, Terry, MT
Dr. J.J. Goicoechea, DVM, Director, Nevada
Department of Agriculture, Sparks, NV
Travis Lingenfelter, Chairman, Mohave County Board of Supervisors,
Kingman, AZ
Stephanie Garcia Richard, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands
Santa Fe, NM
From the Republican committee memo:
On April 3, 2023, the BLM published in the
Federal Register a proposed rule, Conservation and Landscape Health
with a 75-day comment period. The proposed rule elevates conservation
as a “use” within FLPMA’s multiple-use
framework without Congressional authority. The
BLM intends to pursue this through so-called
conservation leases for both protection and restoration activities.
This proposed rule would fundamentally change the way the
BLM carries out its multiple use and
sustained yield mandates. Numerous stakeholders have expressed concern
that the Biden Administration will use this rulemaking to determine
currently permitted activities on BLM lands,
such as grazing, energy production, and recreation are incompatible
with a conservation lease or areas identified as “intact landscapes.”
Alejandro Moreno (Invited), Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Carolyn Snyder (Invited), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S.
Department of Energy
Matthew Agen, Assistant General Counsel, American Gas Association
Ben Lieberman, Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Kenny Stein, Vice President of Policy, Institute for Energy Research
The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies bill provides a non-defense discretionary total of
$25.313 billion for programs under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee,
$532 million (2.1%) below the FY23 enacted
level and $3.622 billion (12.5%) below the
FY24 President’s Budget Request.
FY 2024 USDA
Budget
request: $32.6 billion, slightly more than 16.9 percent increase, or
$4.7 billion, above the 2023 enacted level
The Homeland Security bill includes $91.511
billion
in total discretionary appropriations for the Department of Homeland
Security, including $62.793 billion within the bill’s allocation, $5.837
billion in discretionary appropriations offset by fee collections, and
$20.261 billion as an allocation adjustment for major disaster response
and recovery activities. The total, within the allocation, is $2.090
billion above the Fiscal Year 2023 level. For
FEMA, the subcommittee mark provides $26.062
billion, which is $388.6 million above FY23
and $178.4 million above the request. It eliminates funding for the
Emergency Food and Shelter-Humanitarian Program and its successor, the
Shelter and Services
Program,
which administers funds to local governments and nongovernmental
organizations to provide assistance to migrants and people experiencing
homelessness.
The FY FEMA 2024 budget request is $30.2
billion,
including $20.3 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund and $4.8 billion
for the National Flood Insurance Program.
The FY 2024 Budget includes an increase to
create a full-time, dedicated policy and coordination office to lead
FEMA’s focus on climate adaptation, impacts,
and lead coordination with FEMA program
offices, the Federal Interagency, and SLTT
partners in support of FEMA’s programs.
Soren Dayton, Director of Governance, Niskanen Center
Satya Thallam, Policy Advisor, Arnold & Porter
Elizabeth Goitein, Senior Director, Liberty and National Security
Program, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of
Law
The NEA establishes a framework to provide
enhanced congressional oversight for measures taken in response to a
national emergency declared by the President. It establishes procedures
for declarations of national emergencies, requiring their publication
and congressional notification of the measures to be invoked. Enacted in
1976 to rein in presidential emergency powers, the
NEA provides a framework to apply whenever the
President wishes to employ any “power or authority” granted by statute
for use during a national emergency. The NEA
further provides that a national emergency will end (1) automatically
after one year unless the President publishes a notice of renewal in the
Federal Register, (2) upon a presidential declaration ending the
national emergency, or (3) if Congress enacts a joint resolution
terminating the emergency (which would likely require the votes of
two-thirds majorities in each house of Congress to override a
presidential veto). Although one purpose of the
NEA was to end perpetual states of emergency,
the law does grant the President authority to renew an emergency
declaration. There are currently dozens of national emergency
declarations in
effect, some
of which have been renewed for decades. Almost all deal with economic
sanctions with foreign countries.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., in Room 1324 Longworth House
Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a
legislative
hearing
on the following bills:
H.R.
188
(Rep. McClintock), “Proven Forest Management Act of 2022”;
H.R.
934
(Rep. McClintock), To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry
out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes;
H.R.
1450
(Rep. Fulcher), “Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act”
for timber sales;
H.R.
1726
(Rep. Tokuda), “Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2023” for
tree fungal outbreak;
H.R. ___ (Rep. Moore of Utah), “FIRESHEDS Act”;
H.R. ___ (Rep. Issa), “Direct Hire to Fight Fires”;
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith
(R-VA)
Witnesses:
David Howell, Acting Director and Principal Deputy Director, Office of
Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (invited but declined)
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director, Center for Energy, Climate, and
Environment, The Heritage Foundation, and Adjunct Professor, George
Washington University
Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Senior Resident Fellow for Climate and Energy
Program, Third Way
Kenny
Stein,
Vice President for Policy, Institute for Energy Research
The Subcommittee invited the MESC’s Acting
Director David Howell to participate in the hearing, but the
DOE refused, citing inadequate time to prepare
testimony despite receiving notice of the request two weeks in advance.
However, the DOE agreed to make Acting
Director Howell available at a later date in June.
On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at 10:15 a.m., in Room 1324 Longworth House
Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold an oversight budget
hearing
titled “Examining the President’s FY 2024
Budget Proposal for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and
the Power Marketing Administrations”.
Camille Touton, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Department
of the Interior
John Hairston, Administrator and CEO,
Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy
Tracey LeBeau, Administrator and CEO,
Western Area Power Administration
Mike Wech, Administrator, Southwestern Power Administration,
Department of Energy
Virgil Hobbs, Administrator and CEO,
Southeastern Power Administration
Panel II
Martha Williams, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department
of the Interior
Jainey Bavishi, Deputy Administrator for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
$4.1
billion
budget request for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request for
NOAA is $6.8 billion, a $407 million increase
from the FY 2023 enacted level.1 The request
seeks to build a climate-ready nation and ensure
NOAA’s climate products and services are
accessible and useful to all Americans. NOAA’s
core mission and activities include weather forecasting, climate
prediction, and management of fisheries, coastal and ocean resources, as
well as cross-cutting research to support and advance these operational
areas. NOAA carries out this mission through
six major line offices:
National Ocean Service (NOS), responsible for mapping and charting
coastal areas and providing other navigation support services.
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), responsible for stewardship
of living marine resources through the conservation, management, and
promotion of healthy ecosystems.
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), responsible for
research in support of most NOAA missions
including atmospheric, coastal, and oceanic sciences, climate and air
quality research, ecosystem research, and fisheries and marine mammal
research. National Weather Service (NWS), responsible for weather
forecasts and warnings.
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
(NESDIS), responsible for development and operation of satellites that
monitor and transmit data for weather forecasting, climate prediction,
space weather forecasting, and earth and ocean science research.
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), manages a variety of
specialized ships and aircraft for collection of oceanographic,
atmospheric, hydrographic, and fisheries data.
The budget proposal includes a $49 million request for the Lower
Colorado River Operations Program, including $16.8 million to build on
the work of Reclamation, Colorado River basin partners and
stakeholders to implement drought contingency plans. It also includes
$2.7 million for the Upper Colorado River Operations Program to
support Drought Response Operations and $200.3 million to find
long-term, comprehensive water supply solutions for farmers, families,
and communities in California. The budget includes $62.9 million for
the WaterSMART Program to support Reclamation’s collaboration with
non-federal partners in efforts to address emerging water demands and
water shortage issues in the West.
A request of $57.8 million advances the construction and continues the
operations and maintenance of authorized rural water projects. The
budget request also provides $35.5 million for the Native American
Affairs Program, which provides technical support and assistance to
tribal governments to develop and manage their water resources. 
The budget includes $210.2 million for the Dam Safety Program to
effectively manage risks to the downstream public, of which $182.6
million is for modification actions. Another focus area for
infrastructure is $105.3 million requested for extraordinary
maintenance activities across Reclamation.
These funding amounts are included in the $1.3 billion budget request
for Reclamation’s principal operating account (Water and Related
Resources), which funds planning, construction, water conservation,
efforts to address fish and wildlife habitat needs, and operation,
maintenance and rehabilitation activities at Reclamation facilities.
Additionally, funding of $33 million is requested to implement the
California Bay-Delta Program and address California’s current water
supply and ecological challenges, while $48.5 million is for the
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund to protect, restore, and
enhance fish, wildlife, and associated habitats in California’s
Central Valley and Trinity River Basins.
The request also provides $66.8 million for Policy and Administration
to develop, evaluate, and directly implement Reclamation-wide policy,
rules and regulation as well as other administrative functions.
There are four PMAs: The Bonneville Power Administration, the Western
Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and
the Southeastern Power Administration. Each
PMA markets and delivers (via transmission
lines) electricity generated at federal dams and reservoirs operated by
Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).
