Posts Tagged Executive Branch
Finishing the First Term Strong: Biden’s Climate To Do List
President Biden ran and won on climate. But there are still promises left unfulfilled. Here is what needs to happen in this important last year of his first term.
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Buildings Are a Huge Source of Climate Pollution. Here’s What Biden Can Do.
Buildings are a key part of our clean energy transition. Here’s how the Biden administration can make our homes, workplaces, and schools safer.
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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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Is EPA Going Easy on a Gas Plant in Your Community?
When EPA proposed its landmark carbon pollution standards for power plants earlier this year, the agency left out one big chunk of the fleet: 95 percent of fossil gas plants.
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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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In Solidarity With UAW: Why We Need Good Jobs in the EV Transition
The collective climate and labor movement must fight for a fair deal as workers negotiate for economic justice in the clean energy economy.
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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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