Posts Tagged Climate & Environmental Justice
Electrifying All U.S. Trucks Is Possible—Here’s How
Cleaning up decades-long transportation pollution in port and freight communities is possible by electrifying our trucks and buses. Here’s how the White House can help build the infrastructure to make it a reality.
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Everything You Need to Know About the American Climate Corps
The ACC is a victory for young people, our climate, our jobs, and our future. Here’s what we know about the new program so far—and what should come next.
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What’s Holding the Biden Administration Back from Cleaning Up Pollution in Port and Freight Communities?
The Biden administration has one of its biggest opportunities to advance environmental justice and tackle climate pollution in one go by strengthening EPA’s heavy-duty vehicle pollution standards.
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What Does the Air in Our Homes Have To Do With the Climate Crisis?
Indoor air pollution has disproportionately burdened Black, Brown, and lower-income communities. States have an opportunity to address these inequities and tackle the climate crisis with IRA funding and local regulations.
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Trains Are a Climate Solution, Just Not in the United States. Here’s Why.
Pollution from freight trains is poisoning millions of Americans. The rail industry is fighting to keep it that way. We shouldn't let them.
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What Are Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants?
Disadvantaged community members get to be the decision-makers in this first-of-its-kind IRA program. By putting $3 billion directly into community members’ hands, they get to decide and build projects that best suit their clean energy needs.
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The IRA Turned One. What’s Happened Since and What’s Next?
One year ago, President Biden signed the IRA into law. What’s happened since and what’s next?
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What Are Energy Communities and How Can They Benefit From the IRA?
The IRA targets clean energy benefits to particular communities—energy communities—that have been heavily dependent on fossil fuels and will be most impacted by the changes in the energy landscape.
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How States Can Be Leaders on Transportation Equity Through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program
Evergreen talked to public health and environmental justice expert Dr. Shelley Francis to better understand the disproportionate effects of transportation pollution on communities of color and what we can do about it.
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Get Your HUD in the Game: Updating Household Energy Efficiency Standards Is a Powerful Climate Tool
Buildings are one of the most polluting sectors of our economy. The Biden administration has the power to cut carbon pollution in one-sixth of all new homes by updating one legally-required energy standard. This is what needs to happen next.
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