The Daily Dash is a quick look at what’s happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, we highlight the Oshkosh-Workhorse squabble over a Postal Service contract, as well as hopes for federal funding for truck charging stations and more.
The High Five
1. Oshkosh Truck Corp. can make 100% battery-electric delivery trucks for the U.S. Postal Service, undercutting an assertion by Workhorse Group that Workhorse’s being passed over for the contract dooms the mail service to remaining a...
The Biden administration has committed to working with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to […] The post Biden to push for IMO adoption of zero emissions goal for shipping by 2050…
Biden’s climate challenges: China, data, turf wars; Accelerate the UK’s CBDC, beware Britcoin
Commentary: Biden’s climate challenges: China, data, turf wars
By Danae Kyriakopoulou, David Marsh and Mark Sobel
The US is firing on all cylinders on climate finance but a long, tortuous campaign is only just beginning. Issues ranging from dealing with China to standards for data disclosures and administration ‘turf wars’ show that the US is a long way from resolving conflicts that could upend the fight...
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Change is afoot in the energy industry, but in the oil and gas industry especially.
President Joe Biden is hosting the Leaders Summit on Climate this Thursday and Friday. The event will bring together 40 world leaders to “underscore the urgency — and the economic benefits — of stronger climate action.”
In a related development, ExxonMobil is forming a new business...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-exxonmobil-is-building-a-low-carbon-business
Biden borrows from Eisenhower’s playbook, ECB needs to rethink market neutrality, and more
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5-9 April 2021, Vol.12 Ed.14
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Biden borrows from Eisenhower’s playbook:
Without resting on his laurels, after exceeding his vaccination target and passing a $1.9tn stimulus, President Joe Biden has proposed an infrastructure spending package totalling more than $2tn. This is not so much from the Roosevelt...
Biden borrows from Eisenhower’s playbook, Japan’s road to recovery
Thursday 8 April 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.14.3
Commentary: Biden borrows from Eisenhower’s playbook
By Meghnad Desai in London
Without resting on his laurels, after exceeding his vaccination target and passing a $1.9tn stimulus, President Joe Biden has proposed an infrastructure spending package totalling more than $2tn. This is not so much from the Roosevelt playbook as it is from Eisenhower’s. His bill will not just repair and restore US...
The effort by the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store union to organize 5,800 workers at Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse is being seen as a defining moment for the organized labor movement. The union has pushed the world’s most powerful company to the limit, earning plaudits from supporters and observers for its cohesion and determination. It even won the support of President Joe Biden, who in a near-unprecedented step for a sitting U.S. president defended the...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/the-struggle-to-organize-warehouse-labor
This is an excerpt from the April 1, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.
The plan: The infrastructure plan proposed by the White House this week includes billions of dollars for the health care industry.
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/medically-necessary-infrastructure-plan-directs-billions-to-health-care
Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei has been designated as the new chairman of the US Federal Maritime Commission, an independent federal agency responsible for regulating the US international ocean…
The Biden administration is working on creating a set of standards for people to prove they’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19, according to an administration official, says an article published in CNN.
Officials’ StatementsThe official said they’re currently working with a range of companies on the standards, including non-profits and tech companies, adding that they are likely still weeks away from being finalized, the official said.
Multiple government agencies are engaged in conversations...
https://mfame.guru/biden-administration-working-for-covid-vaccination-proofs-development-standards/