Good morning! Here is our latest Policy & Impacts Intelligence Report.
NetZero Insider’s Jon Lamson has a story on the Massachusetts DPU approving the first round of utility grid modernization plans mandated by 2022 legislation as a means of preparing for increased electrification and deployment of distributed energy resources.
Grist looks at the sluggish rate at which states are using IRA funding to advance climate action: An RMI report finds they have captured only a tiny fraction of what is available.
Inside Climate News reports that environmental justice activists feel ignored by local officials and the Army Corps of Engineers on New York City climate projects.
Greenwire has a story on the Biden administration’s proposal to expand clean energy tax breaks and allow more low-carbon technologies to qualify for low-income community credits.
The Associated Press dives into the stark differences between the climate change and energy policy visions of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
And Grist examines the challenges for the U.S. Census Bureau in keeping up with climate-driven population displacement, with a focus on one disaster-plagued Louisiana town.
All this and much more is gathered in this week’s Intelligence Report:
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Environmental JusticeLouisiana
The ruling dealt a blow to efforts to reverse environmental harms rooted in systemic racism, but activists vow to fight on. Inside Climate News
Virginia
Appointments also include Republican party members to Air Pollution Control Board. Virginia Mercury
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Finance & InvestingU.S.
The Treasury Department is eyeing allowing nuclear, geothermal, hydropower and other low-carbon technologies to qualify for an Inflation Reduction Act credit for low-income communities. Greenwire
U.S.
The program promotes cost-saving clean energy investments located in low-income communities, on Indian lands, within affordable housing or directly benefitting low-income households. Solar Power World
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AdaptationMontana
We know that, if NorthWestern Energy's leadership provided good direction, we could also be building a more reliable, efficient and affordable energy grid rather than tying ourselves to the sinking ship of fossil fuel dependence, writes Cari Kimball, executive director of Montana Environmental Information Center. Daily Montanan
New York
The activists want input on climate resilience plans and say the Army Corps typically focuses on protecting communities from storm surge without regard to increased rainfall, flooding and stormwater pollution. Inside Climate News
Extreme Weather
U.S.
Tornadoes are rare, especially in the Northeast, but they can happen anywhere if the circumstances are right. They have been documented in every U.S. state. Inside Climate News
Heat Waves
U.S.
By vastly understating the number of heat-related deaths, medical officials make it harder to improve heat safety and save lives. Climatewire
U.S.
Federal agencies are racing to address climate change. But the government does almost nothing to prevent thousands of people from dying of extreme heat. Climatewire
Migration
South Carolina
The state has identified hundreds of thousands of homes that will need to be abandoned. But at one flagship buyout, only one in 10 eligible homeowners signed up. Inside Climate News
U.S.
Four years after a string of disasters plagued one Louisiana town, its residents are still on the move. Grist
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Policy & PoliticsNew York
After pausing a plan to charge Manhattan drivers, the New York governor faces legal claims that she is violating the state's climate law. Climatewire
U.S.
This trend is expected to be particularly pronounced in Republican states like Oklahoma, Iowa, Florida and Texas, where substantial investments in manufacturing and other infrastructure are driving a surge in job creation. American Journal of Transportation
U.S.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have starkly different visions on how to address a changing climate while ensuring a reliable energy supply. But neither has provided many details on how they would get there. The Associated Press
U.S.
Camila Thorndike previously was a legislative assistant to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), where she worked on elements of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. Climatewire
U.S.
Donald Trump frequently warns that wind turbines are killing birds. In Wisconsin, he raised a new and opposite concern: They're leading to fewer hogs being killed. The Atlantic
U.S.
Two years after the IRA passed, a new report found that states have only captured a tiny fraction of the funding available. Grist
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