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Courtesy of Close Authorship As the U.S. reaches an inflection point in the use of electric vehicles, the buildout of EV charging stations and how low-to-moderate income communities as well as communities of color are kept in the discussion will be critical.  Since 2016, there has been steady growth in the use of electric vehicles with over 1 million electrified cars and about 41,400 EV charging stations across the country. Expanding the charging infrastructure to support them is necessary to ...

by Jenna Bloxom* (Advanced Biofuels USA)  The May 5 th, 2021 Congressional hearing of the CLEAN Future Act: Driving Decarbonization of the Transportation Sector was a veritable marathon of legislative discourse just shy of four hours long as both parties debated what they deemed, in their own succinct if not melodramatic words, as the way to “winning the future”.  This particular test of deliberative endurance was certainly not the first nor the final hearing of the CLEAN Future Act, so t...

Chris Richards/University of Arizona In his final COVID-19 briefing of the spring semester, University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins thanked university students, employees and supporters for their efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus and allow for a successful end to an unprecedented school year. May 5 is the last day of spring classes at the university, and the number of positive COVID-19 infections on campus remains low, thanks in large part to increased vaccine availabilit...

Date Time Share President Biden to Announce Goal to Administer at Least One Vaccine Shot to 70% of U.S. Adult Population by The White House New Efforts Will Increase Walk-In Appointments, Pop-Up Clinics, and Mobile Units to Make Vaccines More Readily Available to Every Person in the U.S. Additional Funding Going to States and Rural Communities to Support Vaccine Education and On-the-Ground Outreach Efforts As we continue our path out of the COVID-19 pandemic, today, President Biden will announ...

Walgreens Rolls Out Mobile Clinics to Bring COVID-19 Vaccines to Underserved Communities in Chicago What You Should Know: – Walgreens will activate multiple mobile clinics in Chicago. The traveling mobile clinics will focus on bringing COVID-19 vaccines directly to underserved communities and those with barriers to accessing the vaccine. Over the next two months, additional mobile clinics will make stops in a number of locations across the country. – Individuals will be able to walk up to a...

New Efforts Will Increase Walk-In Appointments, Pop-Up Clinics, and Mobile Units to Make Vaccines More Readily Available to Every Person in the U.S. Additional Funding Going to States and Rural Communities to Support Vaccine Education and On-the-Ground Outreach Efforts As we continue our path out of the COVID-19 pandemic, today, President Biden will announce a goal for 70% of the U.S. adult population to have one vaccine shot and 160 million U.S. adults to be fully vaccinated by July 4 th so th...

One Central Valley native is using his own experiences to help students in underserved communities get scholarship opportunities.

The current movement for racial reconciliation has raised awareness of the centuries-long wealth gap in America between whites and people of color—and of the role Black-owned banks can play to br...

  The Idaho State Legislature has become the first in the nation to put a bill on a governors desk that would ban Marxist-based critical race theory from being taught in public schools. Arkansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Texas and West Virginia are among other states considering bans on such teaching, which regards America and Western Civilization as inherently racist.   "It is a preventative measure. It does not indicate that we have a rampant problem in Idaho. But we dont want to get one,"...

Women of Color - The Investment Opportunity of this Century by Catherine Berman, CEO and Co-founder of CNote  Many of us have come to realize that racial equity requires much more than intentional conversations and thoughtful grants. These are important efforts and should not be discounted, but they are not panaceas. There is a moral imperative to address the disparities experienced by Black and Brown men and especially women in the US with action and systems change. I want to suggest a new t...