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New American Climate Corps aims to boost clean energy, jobs for young people
… after it initially faced funding-based opposition when included in early versions of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. Biden has credited the measure with lowering energy costs, increasing energy security, …
US Rep. and Catholic leaders in Pittsburgh say solutions to pollution intersect with other justice issues
… make," Lee said. Lee has helped secure funding for Pennslvyania's 12th District through the Inflation Reduction Act for air quality monitors and brownfield site remediation. She said the law injected a …
Negotiating drug prices: Finally, politics catches up with sanity
… the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate over drug prices was part of the Inflation Reduction Act, which, along with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, are the cornerstones of …
US waterways polluted with injustice, bishops say in Season of Creation message
… States" that significantly reduced which watersheds are protected under the 1972 Clean Water Act. EPA officials said the move was a result of a decision in May by the U.S. Supreme Court, … of "an energy revolution" in order to seriously address climate change, such as through the Inflation Reduction Act's historic clean energy investments that the U.S. bishops' conference endorsed . …
On global warming, yes, there is hope
… the growth of solar and wind energy is expected to be dramatic in the coming years. Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, with its subsidies for domestic investment in alternative energy, has forced European …
Billions of federal dollars available for churches and nonprofits to go green
… nonprofits to help them become more energy efficient. The money comes primarily from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, but there are also funds from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the 2022 CHIPS and …
'Game changer': Energy secretary touts tax incentives to power faith communities with renewables
… said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. Direct pay, or elective pay, was included in the Inflation Reduction Act that President Joe Biden in August 2022 signed into law , investing an unprecedented …
Despite pope's pleas, survey finds US Catholics support fossil fuel expansion more than rest of country
… signed into law the nation's largest-ever investment to address climate change through the Inflation Reduction Act. That landmark legislation contains $369 billion in tax incentives and programs to accelerate …
Can churches spread the gospel of solar in coal country?
… Challenge and opportunity for churches Bolstered by new federal incentives in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, researchers Galen Barbose and Sydney Forrester want to leverage the potential for more …
At Catholic climate conference, Paris Agreement architect challenges US church to commit to net-zero emissions
… Roman Catholic Church and said she was personally moved by the pope's calls for humanity to act in solidarity and to heal its relationship with the rest of nature. In discussing the Climate … will help. For the U.S. in particular, she said, major investments in renewables, like the Inflation Reduction Act's historic billions in funding for clean energy , will allow it to keep its …
Playing chicken over debt and spending bills
… in student loans, as well as his increases to the IRS budget and the green incentives in his Inflation Reduction Act. The Republican plan would also tighten work requirements for Medicaid (which provides health …
Willow drilling project in Alaska on thin ice, and other ironies of Biden's most recent broken climate promise
… of broken promises to care for our common home. While he did sign the incredibly important Inflation Reduction Act, his administration opened an area more than twice the size of the Alaska project to leasing …