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Education & Workforce
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Policy Memo
Enhancing Federal Climate Initiatives: Integrating Tech-Focused Green Jobs for Equity and Innovation

…contain additional relevant insights. Technical Assistance Guidance: Creating Green or Climate Jobs The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are poised to create green or climate…

04.26.24 | 21 min read
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Environment
Blog
Soil and Water: Why We Need Conservation Agriculture 

…as the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) and the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). In addition to the Farm Bill, the Inflation Reduction Act provided additional funds to USDA-NRCS through these…

04.15.24 | 6 min read
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Clean Energy
Blog
Restarting the Palisades Nuclear Plant and Keeping Momentum on Clean Energy

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced recently that it will finance the restart of a nuclear power plant through a new program to revitalize energy infrastructure and reduce greenhouse gas…

04.11.24 | 4 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
U.S. Water Policy for a Warming Planet

…years, especially accounting for the shift from longer, frequent, lighter rainstorms to shorter, less frequent durations of very heavy rainfall. Federal agencies currently have opportunities to leverage Inflation Reduction Act

04.05.24 | 14 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
A National Framework for Sustainable Urban Forestry to Combat Extreme Heat

…created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) continue to reap maximum benefits into the future. By using environmental economic principles in national accounts and leveraging…

04.04.24 | 7 min read
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