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Environment
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Policy Memo
Enhanced Household Air Conditioning Access Data for More Targeted Federal Support Against Extreme Heat

…from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) along with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Challenge and Opportunity  In 2019, the U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged the danger of heat by issuing the…

04.02.24 | 7 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Combating Extreme Heat with a National Moonshot

…a human-centric approach to climate resilience by uplifting extreme heat. The Moonshot will identify and evaluate existing federal activities and available funding, including funds from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)…

04.02.24 | 10 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Improve Extreme Heat Monitoring by Launching Cross-Agency Temperature Network

…include monitoring urban heat. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provided the agency with $41.5 billion to fund new and existing programs, with $11 billion going toward clean air efforts. Currently,…

04.01.24 | 7 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Shifting Federal Investments to Address Extreme Heat Through Green and Resilient Infrastructure

…the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and other policy interventions that have created regulations and grant programs that promote and adopt climate-resilience policies. However, many federal investments continue to promote dark…

04.01.24 | 11 min read
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Education & Workforce
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Revitalizing Federal Jobs Data: Unleashing the Potential of Emerging Roles

…align numerous jobs with the provisions of Justice 40, the Inflation Reduction Act and the newly created American Climate Corps. Many of the roles imagined by the American Climate Corps…

03.19.24 | 5 min read
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