Advocacy/Non-profits
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Conservation group The Wilderness Society announced it's requesting a moratorium on building artifical intelligence data centers on Bureau of Land Management land in the West.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — For the second time during negotiations of the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill, legislation to sell millions of acres of public lands has been withdrawn.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Legislation introduced Wednesday through the Senate budget reconciliation bill would sell an estimated 1.2 million acres of public lands currently managed by the Bureau of Land Management; it could come to a vote this week.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The Senate unanimously passed the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act that has long been supported by bike and outdoor groups to create more trails, fund parks and green spaces, and other initiatives.
GUNNISON, Colo. (BRAIN) — The International Mountain Bicycling Association has produced a one-page buyer's guide to help mountain bikers understand e-bike technology, regulations, and other issues before they buy an e-bike.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, announced after a surprise agreement this week between Sen. Joe Manchin III and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, does not contain an electric bike tax credit and other bike-related measures included in President Joe Biden's original Build Back Better Act.
LOS ANGELES (BRAIN) — Grow Cycling Foundation and BlackHeart Bike Co. collaborated to offer a one-of-a-kind titanium all-road bike to raise money to build a pump track.
LONGMONT, Colo. (BRAIN) — A Colorado-based nonprofit group that helps increase outdoor access for underserved kids joins professional mountain biker Jeff Lenosky in a charity bike-building event Monday.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (BRAIN) — The Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation has made a $1 million-plus grant to a community college here, allowing the school to launch an accredited two-semester Bicycle Assembly and Repair Technician program, with classes planned for the fall 2021 semester.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — For our April magazine edition, we asked our State of Retail panel members: How does your shop engage with advocacy on a local or national level, and what types of advocacy do you think are most effective?
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Walmart has joined the PeopleForBikes Coalition and its executive vice president, Daniel Trujillo, will join the coalition's board of directors.

