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I’m in Ottawa at the fourth meeting of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) on a treaty to address global plastic pollution. The tone heading into this week of negotiations was not overly optimistic. Read more from Jon Smieja. Continue the conversation on climate policy at #Circularity24 (May 22-24, Chicago), the leading conference for professionals building the circular economy: https://buff.ly/3StyriW

How to access $6.97 billion from the EPA’s green bank. Article by Leah Garden.

💡 Interface is ending offsets to go carbon-negative.The new strategy puts Interface in a small club of companies, including Microsoft, that have moved away from offsets. Read more from Elsa Wenzel. 

Biden administration creates new rule to speed up clean energy transmission. 

The week in climate policy: 4 updates you need to know: 💡 The Biden Administration launched a web portal for its American Climate Corps on Monday. 💡 The Biden Administration announced 35 projects, across 20 states, that received a total of $1.93 billion from using the Inflation Reduction Act’s Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C). 💡 California SB-938, a bill that would have banned gas and electrical utilities from using money from ratepayers to fund any political lobbying activities, failed in committee. 💡 After Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon declined to apply for federal grant dollars to reduce the state’s pollution and emissions, two local governments in the state applied separately for up to nearly $5 billion in federal grants. Article by Leah Garden.

From Leah Garden’s new article: The Department of Energy finally streamlines permitting requests and requires only one environmental impact statement for each project.

When stepping into the role of chief sustainability officer, those first 3 months can be crucial and daunting. Shannon Houde, MBA, PCC details what to do to lay the groundwork for future success.

Check out this article by Ellen Weinreb for 3 ways AI could change your #sustainability recruitment in 2024 and beyond.

Activists want 3 things from the Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution…but will they get them? GreenBiz’s VP of #Circularity, Jon Smieja writes in from Ottawa at the fourth meeting of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) on a treaty to address global plastic pollution. Next month, catch Jon at #Circularity24,the leading conference for professionals building the #circulareconomy. Join him: https://buff.ly/3StyriW