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Environment
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Policy Memo
Shifting Federal Investments to Address Extreme Heat Through Green and Resilient Infrastructure

“Under the President’s direction, every Federal department and agency is focused on strengthening the Nation’s climate resilience, including by tightening flood risk standards, strengthening building codes, scaling technology solutions, protecting…

04.01.24 | 11 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Addressing the National Challenges of Extreme Heat by Modernizing Preparedness Approaches at Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response

In the United States, almost one in four Americans are vulnerable to the growing threat of extreme heat. In fact, extreme heat kills more people on average every year than…

04.01.24 | 8 min read
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Emerging Technology
Blog
Regulations, funding, and knowledge gaps: Challenges and opportunities in bringing agricultural biotechnology to market

Innovations in agriculture will play an increasingly important role in America’s quest to ensure resilient and sustainable production of food, medicine, and bioenergy products. Biotechnology, spurred by advances such as…

03.28.24 | 9 min read
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FAS
Blog
Building a Digital Justice Framework: FAS Policy Entrepreneur Fellow Monica Sanders

What is policy entrepreneurship? It is the practice of recognizing a problem and proposing a solution through policy. It is central to our work at FAS and our Day One…

03.26.24 | 3 min read
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FAS
Blog
Renewing the Call for Bold Policy Ideas

The original elevator pitch for the Day One Project wasn’t hard to boil down: 100 actionable science and technology policy ideas we could deliver to the victor in January 2021…

03.21.24 | 4 min read
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