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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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Clean Energy
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Dr. Hannah Schlaerth, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, Clearing the Air with the Clean Energy Corps

…the Clean Energy Corps When the Inflation Reduction Act passed in August 2022, Dr. Schlaerth was “really excited.” After seeing Secretary Granholm speak about the Clean Energy Corps at the…

02.27.24 | 5 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Increase Dedicated Resources for the National Housing Trust Fund

…process. The Build Back Better package that passed the House of Representatives in 2021 included $15 billion for the HTF, but this provision was stripped out of the slimmed-down Inflation Reduction Act

02.22.24 | 3 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Finding True North: How Community Navigator Programs Can Forward Distributional Justice

…Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) were passed. Communities need more technical assistance if implementation of those bills is going to reach its full potential, but federal agencies…

01.30.24 | 15 min read
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