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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.
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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool
Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.
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In a Win for Health, the EPA Toughens Limits on Soot Air Pollution

Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Vijay Limaye, John Walke, Emily Davis
Today's agency action will deliver life-saving protections from dangerous air pollution.

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Biden's Accelerator Drives Recovery, Resilience and Growth

Expert BlogUnited StatesDouglass Sims
In the American Jobs Plan, the Biden Administration announced plans to invest $27 billion in a Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator. This innovative national green bank has the potential to spark economic recovery and sustainable equitable growth around the country.

The Fed Must Throw a Lifeline to State and Local Governments

Expert BlogDouglass Sims
We need the full strength of state and local governments to drive a strong and inclusive recovery, yet they are being left behind in terms of federal support. Federal Reserve financing programs are not substitutes for fiscal support provided by…

The Road to Recovery with India’s First Green Window

Expert BlogIndiaSameer Kwatra, Anjali Jaiswal, Douglass Sims
As India prepares its recovery from the COVID-19 induced slowdown, a huge strategic opportunity lies in revitalizing the economy with investment in green infrastructure.

Too Frail to Fail? Fed Tailors Loans for an Ailing Oil Patch

Expert BlogDouglass Sims
The Fed’s Main Street lending program—meant to provide COVID relief small businesses—is being tailored to fit ailing oil companies and their bankers, whose problems predate the current crisis. That’s a bad idea.

How to Do High Road Infrastructure: 10 Lessons from L.A.

Expert BlogLos AngelesDouglass Sims

In honor Infrastructure Week, guest blogger Dena Belzer, CEO of Strategic Economics reports out on her conversation with Cris Liban of LA Metro, on lessons learned for planning, designing, building and operating High Road infrastructure.

New Issue Brief: How Green Banks Assess and Report Impacts

Expert BlogBettina Bergöö, Douglass Sims, Sarah Dougherty
Green banks are experimenting with different approaches to evaluate their impact—including their contribution to market transformation—and sharing their findings with the public.

Some Hard Truths About Infrastructure

Expert BlogDouglass Sims
When our country was first being built, our vision of infrastructure was one of potentially unlimited expansion and opportunity. Communities and citizens would be linked and supported in ways that fostered growth and prosperity for generations to come.

Imagine fixing our crumbling infrastructure in ways that last. It can be done.

Expert BlogDouglass Sims
We usually don't talk as a nation about infrastructure. It's best when it's invisible. Literally, it is the structure-beneath-the-structure that supports our lives. Your job supports your family, but infrastructure -- power, water, transportation as well as social infrastructure like…