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    EPA Strengthens Standards for Exposure to Lead-Based Paint Dust to Protect Children

    EPA Strengthens Standards for Exposure to Lead-Based Paint Dust to Protect Children

    To mark National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week — October 20 to 26 — the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized stricter requirements for the identification and cleaning up of lead-based paint dust in homes and childcare facilities constructed before 1978. The new standards are the most recent action in the Biden-Harris administration’s strategy […]

    Biden-Harris Admin Announces $428M for Former Coal Communities to Expand Clean Energy Manufacturing

    Biden-Harris Admin Announces $428M for Former Coal Communities to Expand Clean Energy Manufacturing

    The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Tuesday $428 million in grant funding for the building and expansion of green energy manufacturing in communities where coal mines have recently been decommissioned. The 14 projects in 15 United States coal communities were chosen by DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) and […]

    Alaska Native Communities to Receive Almost $75 Million to Help With Climate Change Impacts

    Alaska Native Communities to Receive Almost $75 Million to Help With Climate Change Impacts

    Over the next five years, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium will receive almost $75 million to help Alaska Indigenous communities facing the impacts of climate change. It is the biggest federal appropriation aimed at helping the state’s Native communities with climate resilience in Alaska history. “Alaska is an underserved state on the front lines […]

    Jobs in U.S. Solar Industry Reached Record High in 2023

    Jobs in U.S. Solar Industry Reached Record High in 2023

    The future is looking bright for green jobs in the solar industry. According to the latest National Solar Jobs Census, published by the nonprofit Interstate Renewable Energy Council, solar jobs in the U.S. grew by nearly 6% in 2023. With this growth, U.S. solar industry jobs reached 279,447 last year, a record high, Reuters reported. […]

    California’s First National Marine Sanctuary in Over 3 Decades Will Protect 116 Miles of Coastline

    California’s First National Marine Sanctuary in Over 3 Decades Will Protect 116 Miles of Coastline

    More than 116 miles of California’s stunning coastline is in the process of becoming designated as part of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary — the third largest in the country. The designation process reached a major milestone last week when the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the marine sanctuary was released. Under the […]

    Biden-Harris Admin to Invest $7.3B in Rural Clean Energy Projects Across 23 States

    Biden-Harris Admin to Invest $7.3B in Rural Clean Energy Projects Across 23 States

    On a visit to Wisconsin Thursday, President Joe Biden announced $7.3 billion in financing for 16 rural clean energy projects to be directed by rural electric cooperatives through the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. The combination of New ERA and other Inflation Reduction Act-funded rural green energy projects comprise the biggest rural electrification investment […]

    Biden-Harris Admin Announces More Efficient Approvals for Solar Developments on Western Public Lands

    Biden-Harris Admin Announces More Efficient Approvals for Solar Developments on Western Public Lands

    The Biden-Harris administration announced on Thursday the finalization of a plan for solar energy expansion on federal lands in the Western states of Arizona, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. As part of President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda and a wider plan to decarbonize the power sector […]