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Justice40 Implementation Guide for State and Local Governments

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This guide aims to help state and local-level administrators optimize federal investments to benefit underserved communities in alignment with the Justice40 Initiative. President Biden established the Justice40 Initiative through Executive Order 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, which aims to ensure that at least 40 percent of overall benefits of certain federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities.

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Posted on November 11, 2024

Guidelines for Maximizing the Benefits of Federal Investments in Buildings

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This guide was created by Elevate, Building Electrification Institute, Emerald Cities Collaborative, the Greenlining Institute, Greenlink Analytics, Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, and NRDC to provide a starting point for state policy makers and climate teams that are designing programs that will benefit from IRA and IIJA funding. With this direction, we hope to support programs that are equity-driven and co-created with the communities they aim to serve…

Posted on November 11, 2024

The Equity Pledge & Implementation Guidance For Renewable Energy Developers & Investors

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The Equity Pledge & Implementation Guidance for Renewable Energy Developers & Investors is a comprehensive roadmap that is rooted in a justice-centered framework, and grounded in core principles that resonate with and benefit local communities on the front lines of environmental racism and economic injustice.

Posted on November 11, 2024

Connect To Build: Frontline Organizations And Federal Infrastructure Funding Opportunities

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Frontline organizations with commitments to transforming the housing landscape, building transportation equity and achieving environmental justice have a tremendous amount of wisdom to share about how to make use of public dollars.

Posted on November 11, 2024

Community Resilience: A Community Engagement Primer For Health Professionals

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This primer is a companion guide to the Anchor-Community Engagement Workbook and is part of an on-going series of case studies and reports highlighting best practices, lessons learned and models for creating community resilience– health, wealth and climate resilience — through anchor community strategies…

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Looking Back at a Historic Year of Dismantling Climate Policies

The Trump administration has aggressively pulled America away from its global role in climate and environmental research, diplomacy, regulation and investment. Read More

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Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor

Mining in parts of the Pacific Ocean was meant to benefit poor countries, but an ...
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FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers

The job cuts expected this month are part of a plan by the Homeland Security ...
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German Court Says Government Cannot Shift Covid Funds to Climate Projects

The decision could rip a hole in Berlin’s budget and complicate the transition to a ...
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West Point Climate Professor Says He Was Fired for Refusing to ‘Defy Science’

Dr. Adam Kalkstein is suing the U. S. Military Academy, where he was a professor of geography and the only climate scientist, after being fired. …

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To Ease Global Warming, the Whitest of Paints

Scientists at Purdue have created a white paint that, when applied, can reduce the surface ...
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