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A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EST at www.eesi.org/livecast The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing to hear from a panel of experts about how federal energy efficiency programs create jobs and deliver direct meaningful savings to constituent homeowners, consumers, and businesses—all while reducing the stresses and strains on our energy system. Making investments in energy efficiency also encourages productive public-private partnerships and collaboration, improves the sustainability and resilience of our communities, and contributes to meaningful, near-term reductions in pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

A live webcast will be streamed at 02:00 PM EST at www.eesi.org/livecast Ready to make a difference in climate policy? But not sure where to start? We have you covered. The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for our all-new, start-of-the-new-Congress Climate Camp online briefing series. We will go over the basics of the legislative process, highlighting key areas and opportunities for achieving near-term and long-term carbon reductions through policy. Our second session will discuss the sectors with the highest carbon emissions, and highlight policy mechanisms to reduce emissions in each sector—power generation, industry, buildings, transportation, and agriculture. Each of these sectors has unique challenges in reducing carbon emissions. Federal policymakers have an array of options to address these challenges through coordinated action, thereby maximizing impact across sectors. 2:00 PM Welcome from EESI Executive Director Daniel Bresette 2:05 PM AGRICULTURE

A live webcast will be streamed at 02:00 PM EST at www.eesi.org/livecast The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing hosted in coordination with the National Housing Trust and the Natural Resources Defense Council (national partners with the Energy Efficiency for All project) about the costs and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn for housing and energy services. Panelists will explore issues faced locally by communities hard-hit by the dual crises, especially in southern and midwestern regions, including mounting utility bill arrearages; electric, gas and water shutoffs; and evictions. The harmful effects of the crises are distributed unevenly, with unjust burdens crushing low-income, Black, Indigenous, and people-of-color communities. Speakers will also discuss national policy solutions that can deliver relief and help communities eager to recover. The Biden-Harris Administration and many in Congress are proposing increases in energy,

A live webcast will be streamed at 2:00 PM EST at www.eesi.org/livecast Ready to make a difference in climate policy? But not sure where to start? We have you covered. The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for our all-new, start-of-the-new-Congress Climate Camp online briefing series. We will go over the basics of the legislative process, highlighting key areas and opportunities for achieving near-term and long-term carbon reductions through policy. Our first session will bring you up to speed on the budget and appropriations process already underway for fiscal year 2022. Presenters will draw on examples of funding for climate, energy, and environment programs to bring the process to life and show how it plays out in practice. Then, the session will dive into how stimulus packages take shape, the role of climate action in stimulus, and what to expect in the upcoming months as the new administration and the 117th Congress work to address the ongoing impacts of the COVID-1

A live webcast will be streamed at 3:00 PM EST at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) 2020 is a major benchmark year for climate goals, with national governments, cities, states, corporations, higher education institutions, faith-based groups, and investors aiming to reach initial targets by this year. The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a briefing to assess progress towards climate mitigation and adaptation goals in the United States as we reach the last few weeks of 2020. What climate goals have been met and where did they fall short? What challenges emerged and what innovations and policies helped? The briefing will feature a presentation of two major reports, We Are Still In to Deliver America’s Pledge: A Retrospective and Delivering on America’s Pledge: Achieving Climate Progress in 2020. Together, the reports cover progress made by states, cities, and businesses to reduce emissions since 2017 and explore the implications of COVID-19 on reac

By Air, Land, and Sea: Navigating the Climate Future Find out more about the briefings in this series below: Nov. 17 Ports Leading the Way on Mitigation and Resilience Nov. 18 After COVID: A Lower Carbon Future for Commercial Aviation Nov. 19 The State of Play for Public Transit Overview of the transportation series A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EST at www.eesi.org/livecast The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a briefing series on climate mitigation and adaptation in the transportation sector. The series will cover ports, aviation, and public transit. Public transit systems across the country have seen major declines in ridership due to COVID-19. In spite of this and other challenges brought on by the pandemic, many transit systems have not wavered on their climate and sustainability commitments. Dr. Cris Liban of Los Angeles Metro, Kammy Horne of VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio, Texas, and Erik Johanson of Southeastern Penn

By Air, Land, and Sea: Navigating the Climate Future Find out more about the briefings in this series below: Nov. 17 Ports Leading the Way on Mitigation and Resilience Nov. 18 After COVID: A Lower Carbon Future for Commercial Aviation Nov. 19 The State of Play for Public Transit Overview of the transportation series A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EST at www.eesi.org/livecast The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a briefing series on climate mitigation and adaptation in the transportation sector. The series will cover ports, aviation, and public transit. As commercial aviation recovers from the COVID-19 contraction, it will be critical to foster strategies and policy to help the industry reduce its climate impact. In this briefing, we will examine two of these strategies—sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and aircraft technology improvements. Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) will deliver opening remarks. Chris Tindal of the Commercial Aviation

By Air, Land, and Sea: Navigating the Climate Future Find out more about the briefings in this series below: Nov. 17 Ports Leading the Way on Mitigation and Resilience Nov. 18 After COVID: A Lower Carbon Future for Commercial Aviation Nov. 19 The State of Play for Public Transit Overview of the transportation series A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EST at www.eesi.org/livecast The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a briefing series on climate mitigation and adaptation in the transportation sector. The series will cover ports, aviation, and public transit. U.S. ports, which are critical infrastructure for international trade and local economies, are vulnerable to sea level rise, erosion, storm surge, and flooding exacerbated by climate change. This briefing will feature two port systems that are leading the way to adapt to climate impacts while reducing port greenhouse gas emissions. Joshua Berger, Governor Inslee’s Maritime Sector Lead

A live webcast will be streamed at 2:00 PM EST at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for an online briefing about pending nuclear waste legislation, including amendments to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act and other bills, which would radically alter the way radioactive waste from civilian nuclear power plant is handled and stored. The nuclear waste issue is coming to a head as more and more nuclear plants shut down and enter decommissioning. Irradiated nuclear fuel (a.k.a. “spent” fuel) is currently stored in fuel pools and dry storage canisters on reactor sites, but these systems are unhardened and subject to leaks, failures, and attack. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in the process of licensing two private “consolidated interim storage facilities” (CISFs) in New Mexico and Texas, which would store the waste indefinitely in surface-stored or shallowly buried casks that are also subject to leaks and failures.

A live webcast will be streamed at 3:00 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for the launch of our new report, A Resilient Future for Coastal Communities: Federal Policy Recommendations from Solutions in Practice, and a discussion of federal actions that can improve coastal resilience along our ocean and Great Lakes shorelines. The report highlights policy levers available to Congress, with 30 policy recommendations and case studies gathered from EESI’s year-long, 16-part briefing series on regional coastal resilience. The series featured 42 policy experts and coastal resilience practitioners from nearly every coastal state, from Maine to Wisconsin to Hawaii, covering topics from data-gathering to living shorelines to coastal retreat. This online briefing will be conducted as a moderated discussion of coastal issues and policy solutions with four expert speakers from the briefing series.

Workforce Wednesdays Find out more about the briefings in this series below: Sept 2 Preparing High Schoolers for Green Careers Sept 9 A New Spin on Conservation Corps Sept 16 Energy Transitions in Coal Country Sept 23 Growing Green Industry and Innovation: Mass Timber Sept 30 Low-Carbon Small Business and Post-COVID Recovery A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for Workforce Wednesdays, a series of online briefings on workforce development and policies and programs that can support a low-carbon recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis. The briefings will explore a variety of issue areas pertinent to building a green workforce, including high school career training, conservation corps, coal country energy transitions, growing green domestic manufacturing, and revitalizing small business. Speakers will discuss major challenges faced in each area a

Workforce Wednesdays Find out more about the briefings in this series below: Sept 2 Preparing High Schoolers for Green Careers Sept 9 A New Spin on Conservation Corps Sept 16 Energy Transitions in Coal Country Sept 23 Growing Green Industry and Innovation: Mass Timber Sept 30 Low-Carbon Small Business and Post-COVID Recovery A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for Workforce Wednesdays, a series of online briefings on workforce development and policies and programs that can support a low-carbon recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis. The briefings will explore a variety of issue areas pertinent to building a green workforce, including high school career training, conservation corps, coal country energy transitions, growing green domestic manufacturing, and revitalizing small business. Speakers will discuss major challenges faced in each area a

Workforce Wednesdays Find out more about the briefings in this series below: Sept 2 Preparing High Schoolers for Green Careers Sept 9 A New Spin on Conservation Corps Sept 16 Energy Transitions in Coal Country Sept 23 Growing Green Industry and Innovation: Mass Timber Sept 30 Low-Carbon Small Business and Post-COVID Recovery A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for Workforce Wednesdays, a series of online briefings on workforce development and policies and programs that can support a low-carbon recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis. The briefings will explore a variety of issue areas pertinent to building a green workforce, including high school career training, conservation corps, coal country energy transitions, growing green domestic manufacturing, and revitalizing small business. Speakers will discuss major challenges faced in each area a

Workforce Wednesdays Find out more about the briefings in this series below: Sept 2 Preparing High Schoolers for Green Careers Sept 9 A New Spin on Conservation Corps Sept 16 Energy Transitions in Coal Country Sept 23 Growing Green Industry and Innovation: Mass Timber Sept 30 Low-Carbon Small Business and Post-COVID Recovery A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for Workforce Wednesdays, a series of online briefings on workforce development and policies and programs that can support a low-carbon recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis. The briefings will explore a variety of issue areas pertinent to building a green workforce, including high school career training, conservation corps, coal country energy transitions, growing green domestic manufacturing, and revitalizing small business. Speakers will discuss major challenges faced in each area a

Workforce Wednesdays Find out more about the briefings in this series below: Sept 2 Preparing High Schoolers for Green Careers Sept 9 A New Spin on Conservation Corps Sept 16 Energy Transitions in Coal Country Sept 23 Growing Green Industry and Innovation: Mass Timber Sept 30 Low-Carbon Small Business and Post-COVID Recovery A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for Workforce Wednesdays, a series of online briefings on workforce development and policies and programs that can support a low-carbon recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis. The briefings will explore a variety of issue areas pertinent to building a green workforce, including high school career training, conservation corps, coal country energy transitions, growing green domestic manufacturing, and revitalizing small business. Speakers will discuss major challenges faced in each area a

A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a briefing on the climate action report released by the majority staff of the House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on June 30. The full title of the report is: Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and Healthy, Resilient, and Just America.

Rural Communities, Climate, and COVID-19 Recovery Find out more about the briefings in this series below: June 16 Implementing Energy Efficiency Programs in Rural America June 17 The Bioeconomy’s Role in COVID-19 Recovery and Climate Solutions June 18 Rural Communities Rise to the Challenge of Dual Disasters Please RSVP to receive updates. Please note that by RSVPing, you will receive a reminder for all 3 briefings in this series. A live webcast will be streamed at www.eesi.org/livecast at 12 PM (noon). The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a series of one-hour online briefings about rural communities, climate change, and COVID-19 recovery. The briefings will explore the challenges rural communities face, including high energy costs, a struggling agriculture industry, and low investment in resilient infrastructure, as well as the solutions rural communities have developed in the face of these multiple stressors.

Rural Communities, Climate, and COVID-19 Recovery Find out more about the briefings in this series below: June 16 Implementing Energy Efficiency Programs in Rural America June 17 The Bioeconomy’s Role in COVID-19 Recovery and Climate Solutions June 18 Rural Communities Rise to the Challenge of Dual Disasters Please RSVP to receive updates. Please note that by RSVPing, you will receive a reminder for all 3 briefings in this series. A live webcast will be streamed at www.eesi.org/livecast at 2 PM. The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a series of one-hour online briefings about rural communities, climate change, and COVID-19 recovery. The briefings will explore the challenges rural communities face, including high energy costs, a struggling agriculture industry, and low investment in resilient infrastructure, as well as the solutions rural communities have developed in the face of these multiple stressors.

Rural Communities, Climate, and COVID-19 Recovery Find out more about the briefings in this series below: June 16 Implementing Energy Efficiency Programs in Rural America June 17 The Bioeconomy’s Role in COVID-19 Recovery and Climate Solutions June 18 Rural Communities Rise to the Challenge of Dual Disasters Please RSVP to receive updates. Please note that by RSVPing, you will receive a reminder for all 3 briefings in this series. A live webcast will be streamed at www.eesi.org/livecast at 12 PM (noon). The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a series of one-hour online briefings about rural communities, climate change, and COVID-19 recovery. The briefings will explore the challenges rural communities face, including high energy costs, a struggling agriculture industry, and low investment in resilient infrastructure, as well as the solutions rural communities have developed in the face of these multiple stressors.

A live webcast will be streamed at 3 PM EDT at www.eesi.org/livecast. Recovery & Resilience in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Find out more about the briefings in this series below: June 2 Federal Support and Local Action June 3 Resilient Housing and Communities June 4 Sustainable, Democratic Energy and Public Health Please RSVP to receive updates. Please note that by RSVPing, you will receive a reminder for all 3 briefings in this series. The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a series of one-hour online briefings about resilience initiatives in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and their ongoing recovery from back-to-back natural disasters over the last several years. Every U.S. coast is facing climate adaptation challenges due to rising sea levels and other coastal hazards, but island economies are especially vulnerable. The Fourth National Climate Assessment points to the small size and relative isolation of the U.S. Caribbea