NEC to host program on outlook for environmental policy
Solar panels on house in Greater Boston
From The New England Council (newenglandcouncil.com)
BOSTON
“On Feb. 2, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., The New England Council’s Energy & Environment Committee will host a special program, ‘2021 Environmental Policy Outlook.’ The virtual event will feature a panel of environmental policy experts who will share their insights on what to expect from the Biden administration and the 117th Congress as it relates to environmental regulation and legislation. Our panelists are:
Jim Jones, former EPA Assistant Administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, and President, JJones Environmental
Renee Martin-Nagle, Ph.D., Special Counsel, Eckert Seamans
David Rockman, Chair, Environmental Practice Group, Eckert Seamans
Tiernan Sittenfeld, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at the League of Conservation Voters
Mark Kalpin, a Partner at Holland & Knight and the Chair of the NEC Energy & Environment Committee, will serve as moderator.
The program is open to all interested New England Council members. For more information on this program or the Council’s Energy & Environment Committee, please contact Sean Malone.’’
N.E. COVID update: Eli Lilly partners with UnitedHealth; ER visits in early pandemic
Encaustic painting by Nancy Whitcomb
From The New England Council (newenglandcouncil.com)
BOSTON
”Eli Lilly & Company has partnered with UnitedHealth Group to develop promising new treatments for COVID-19. Researchers will study Eli Lilly’s new monoclonal antibody treatment for non-hospitalized patients who have recently contracted COVID-19. Read more here.
“Researchers at Harvard Medical School have published a study on the decline of emergency room visits in the early days of the pandemic. The investigators, working at Massachusetts General Hospital, raised raised concerns that critically ill patients were not seeking care because of fear of COVID-19 infection. Read more here.’’