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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
The Energy Transition Workforce Initiative

…and create new jobs to replace those that are phasing out. Since 2021, significant policies have been enacted to support this transition, including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),…

11.27.24 | 5 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Creating a National HVDC Transmission Network

…interest”). This “backstop” authority was created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, was recently reformed in 2021’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and was further clarified by FERC Order…

11.12.24 | 11 min read
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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

…the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) environmental education fund, we aim to craft novel job descriptions, tailored training programs, and foster strategic public-private…

04.26.24 | 21 min read
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Environment
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The Wildfire Crisis and FAS: A Story of Policy Entrepreneurship

…to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021, and that law’s creation of the federal Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. The law charged the commission with recommending…

04.24.24 | 5 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Exempt Affordable Housing from Private Activity Bond Volume Cap

…Washington DC. Further, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) created two additional uses for PABs – broadband projects and carbon capture facilities – that could compete with housing for…

02.23.24 | 7 min read
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