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A World Resources Institute expert in the economics of climate action will discuss engaging communities through opportunities such as offshore wind, community solar and EV charging stations.
U.S. climate spending could help rural communities embrace green shift Reuters 11 hrs ago * New climate cash could create nearly 260,000 rural jobs a year * Some conservatives wary of quick green energy shift * Rising recognition of need for 'just transition' across communities By David Sherfinski WASHINGTON, July 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Steering billions of dollars in climate-related federal spending to rural parts of the United States would generate a substantial return on investment, researchers said Wednesday, urging policy-makers to seek regional equity in the clean energy tr...
Reid Frazier / The Allegheny Front President Biden is selling the climate friendly aspects of his $2 trillion infrastructure plan as a chance to create good-paying union jobs. But at a local branch of one of the country's oldest unions, there are doubts that dealing with climate change will be good for workers here, in the oil-and-gas state of Pennsylvania. Boilermakers Local 154 in Pittsburgh builds and maintains coal, natural gas and nuclear power plants. During a training session, a handful of members practice welding behind a thick blue safety curtain, part of preparations to repa...
Photo illustration by Brian Tucker/Utility Dive; photograph by LL28 via Getty Images Author By Jillian Neuberger and Devashree Saha Published April 5, 2021 Share it The following is a contributed article by Jillian Neuberger, legislative engagement associate at the World Resources Institute, and Devashree Saha, a senior associate at WRI. The U.S. House of Representatives recently released their legislative response to the climate crisis, the Climate Leadershi...