Biden made the announcement during remarks on Monday at Palo Alto‘s Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center and Preserve.
The president committed more than $600 million “to better protect our nation’s power grid from extreme weather events and prepare coastal and Great Lakes communities for climate change impacts like sea level rise, tidal flooding and storm surge.”
The president also announced a White House-hosted summit later this year on improving communities’ climate resilience, which will accompany the release of a National Climate Resilience Framework.
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A federal judge has ordered a Canadian oil firm to shut down a section of its pipeline in Wisconsin that crosses tribal land, a partial victory for indigenous groups that have long opposed the project.
High temperatures prompted severe storms, power outages and wildfire warnings in the Southwest over the weekend as forecasters warn residents to take further precautions.
A search and rescue mission is underway off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, for a missing submersible that takes tourists to see the wreckage of the Titanic. The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday afternoon that it was searching for the 21-foot sub and its 5-person crew. Officials said a Canadian research ship lost contact with the vessel roughly two hours into a dive on Sunday.
Some Republican senators are pumping the brakes on attempts by former President Trump and his allies to villainize the FBI and Department of Justice in the wake of a 37-count indictment against the former president. Read more
Trump-era special counsel John Durham is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill this week, just over one month after he released a scathing report on the investigation into former President Trump’s alleged ties to Russia. Read more
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