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Steve Schooner, Nash & Cibinic professor of procurement law at The George Washington University Law School, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion on climate change and key strategies for sustainable procurement.
DHS Secretary Alexandro Mayorkas is setting up a new Climate Change Professionals Program to recruit graduates and current agency employees to support the department’s growing focus on adapting to climate change.
In today's Federal Newscast: The Pentagon is taking new precautions against Omicron. Postal Service leadership is advising employees to be careful about online activity. And the Federal Managers Association chimes in about the NDAA.
Smithsonian Institution staff told lawmakers Thursday of the need to account for extreme weather events in building maintenance and future capital projects.
To help fill a leadership void around the world, the McCain Institute at Arizona State University has launched a program called the McCain Global Leaders Program.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is increasingly concerned about sea-level rise and its effect on military bases.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is continuing to prepare for climate change related problems.
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center wants to see if AI algorithms can navigate the Federal Acquisition Regulation and build an RFP themselves.
A total of 23 agencies have detailed new climate change strategies, part of their response to a January executive order from President Joe Biden.
The Pentagon will change the way it trains and equips troops and require some emissions transparency from contractors.
The Defense Department recently asked contractors, and any other interested parties, for comments about climate. In particular, climate-related disclosures, like whether organizations measure their carbon output or post it publicly.
This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with renowned writer, environmentalist and climate activist Bill McKibben, whose seminal 1989 book “The End of Nature” was among the first to warn of the coming climate crisis. McKibben points to the dangerous rise in the earth’s temperature spawning droughts, destructive storms and other environmental catastrophes spurred by fossil fuel burning and deforestation. He says if we don't pass President Biden’s reconciliation bill, which has the most sweeping climate change legislation ever proposed in the US, "we won't get another chance". The legislation is a powerful step forward in incentivizing a US shift to renewable energy, which he says must be accomplished before the upcoming climate summit in Glasgow, the most important global climate gathering since the Paris Accords.
A forthcoming Federal Sustainability Plan will examine disclosures of greenhouse gas emissions from federal suppliers and policies to mitigate climate-related financial risks.
Tom Temin spoke to James Balocki, the acting principal deputy assistant Secretary of the Navy for energy, installations and environment, at the Sea Air Space conference.