After all, the climate crisis is not just about the environment. It is a crisis of human rights, of justice, and of political will. Colonial, racist, and patriarchal systems of oppression have created and fueled it. We need to dismantle them all.” ––GretaThunberg™️ “This is the...
TheNational Clean Investment Fund, frequently referred to as a “national green bank,” has awarded grants to three applicants providing accessible, affordable financing for tens of thousands of clean technology projects. The NCIF is intended to create centralized, long-term financing institutions with...
Sixteentechnical centershave been rolled out by the EPA to help community organizations in historically underserved and overburdened regions apply for federal grants to facilitate climate resiliency in their communities as part of the Justice40 initiative. (Inside Climate News) Politics & Economy Accordin...
Wealthy nations…committed, first in 2009 and again in 2015 under the Paris climate agreement, to a collective goal: $100 billion a year in grants, loans, private sector investments and more by 2020. More than a decade after the first pledge was made, nations have yet to meet their promis...
In December 2023, EPA announced 11 grant makers to receive $600 million from the Inflation Reduction Act through the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program to offer subgrants for environmental justice projects to local community-based organizations around the country. This new prog...
EPA, 05-1120 which seeks to clarify carbon dioxide is a pollutant and can and should be regulated by the EPA. BusinessGreen.com - News and advice for firms trying to reduce the environmental impact of their business operations, including reports on corporate social responsibility (CSR); green...
Christopher Bentley, The De-Carceration Fund: Lifting ‘justice tech’ entrepreneurs Monica Brand Engel, Quona Capital: Taking on the messy work of financial inclusion Samuel Yeboah, Mirepa Investment Advisors: Helping Africans invest in Africa ...
Researchers probe a conundrum: If the world is warming, why are our winters getting colder? Share this: It’s warming, but not as they thought they knew it. ‘Everybody has lots of ideas, but it doesn’t quite add up.’ Aerosols, undersea volcano, El Niño, … ...
The Biden EPA, however, has stated that it will not reinstate the Clean Power Plan, opting instead to develop and implement its own plan. The question of how much power the EPA has was based on a provision in Section 111 of the Clean Air Act, which grants the EPA power to set "...
by Judith Curry Ridd was punished by James Cook University for “not displaying responsibility in respecting the reputations of other colleagues.” The university even warned that if he does this again, he’ll be tried for serious misconduct. The latest