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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 …
Sep 5, 2023
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 …
Sep 1, 2023
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 . …
Aug 31, 2023
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 …
Aug 18, 2023
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 …
Jul 26, 2023
'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 …
Jul 25, 2023
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 …
Jun 28, 2023
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 …
Jun 20, 2023
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 …
Jun 16, 2023
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 …
May 24, 2023
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 …
May 9, 2023
Earth Day is a day of fear and hope
… officials to buck special interests and support environmental policies. The so-called Inflation Reduction Act passed last year is the most significant commitment of resources ever to fight climate …
Apr 19, 2023
Catholic resolve for sweeping climate action intensifies after latest UN report
… decreasing costs of wind and solar and recent positive policy moves by the U.S., through the Inflation Reduction Act , and the European Union. While adaptation measures have progressed, those efforts will …
Apr 6, 2023
Georgia may be turning purple. It's definitely turning green.
… Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the CHIPS Act would not have been possible without Georgia and the 2021 election of Sens. Raphael Warnock and Ossoff. When you also take the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act and Justice 40 into consideration, Georgia has played a key role in giving all …
Mar 31, 2023
Could churches be prime locations for EV charging stations? One company thinks so.
… places to power them remain few and far between in large parts of the country. And with the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 incentivizing clean energy and electric cars, as well as providing investments for …
Mar 1, 2023
Biden's oil comments drew laughs, but our children's future is no joke
… a "carbon bomb." At the same time, in his State of the Union address the president touted his Inflation Reduction Act as "the most significant investment ever to tackle the climate crisis." "Let's face reality," …
Feb 9, 2023
2022 in politics: Sadly, religion contributed to our smallness
… confidence in the legislative process, but at least provisions of the Pregnant Workers Support Act, more aid to Ukraine, and increased Medicaid payments for U.S. territories like Puerto Rico made it into the final bill. In August, the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act also represented a return to normalcy, as the party that controlled both chambers …
Dec 28, 2022
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's bid for independence is a sham
… for gravitas. Sinema also single-handedly forced Democrats to remove a provision from the Inflation Reduction Act that would have finally closed the carried interest loophole in the tax code. Carried …
Dec 16, 2022
Inflation Reduction Act clause makes it easier for churches to go green
… Mark Pattison … Catholic News Service … A provision in the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law this summer by President Joe Biden, not only increases the size of the tax …
Dec 9, 2022
In Advent, we hope and wait. Climate change doesn't lend itself to either.
… During the midterm election, global warming was not even an issue. We were concerned about inflation, about abortion, about who won the 2020 election and about what bathroom transgender … green light to run their state. On the other side of the aisle, Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant climate-oriented legislation in our country's history. But the …
Dec 3, 2022