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November 5, 2024

Equity & Economics

Portland General Electric
Enviros, Industry Urge Oregon’s Swift Adoption of Clean Truck Rules
Oregon should move swiftly to adopt California’s stringent emissions rules for trucks, testifiers at a public hearing hosted by the state’s Department of Environmental Quality said.
Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station
Lawsuit Questions Feasibility of Gas Turbine for Enbridge Compressor Station
Enbridge says using a gas-fired turbine for the Weymouth Compressor station is more cost-effective than an electric motor, but stakeholders disagree.
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation
DOE Puts $16 Million into Community Clean Energy Plans
The Department of Energy's LEAP program will provide technical assistance to help environmental justice, low-income and coalfield communities develop clean energy projects.
C3/LEAP
Virginia Electrification Project Cuts Emissions, Utility Bills for LMI Customers
A pilot project in Virginia found that electrification retrofits on low- and moderate-income homes cut energy consumption but not always costs and carbon emissions.
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Vermont Senator Says State Needs Formal Environmental Justice Policy
Vermont Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale first introduced an environmental justice bill in 2007, but the state hasn't codified an official policy on the issue yet.
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NY Adopts Goal for Disadvantaged Communities Under Clean Energy Fund
NYSERDA now has a new goal of ensuring the state’s Clean Energy Fund delivers 40% of benefits of spending to disadvantaged communities.
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NY Enviros Want Cleaner Farms, More Equitable State Policies
Environmentalists and climate justice advocates said they support New York’s agricultural and land use policy proposals, but they also offered suggestions.
New Jersey Office of the Governor
NJ Breaks Ground On Offshore Wind Hub
Officials broke ground on the New Jersey Wind Port project, predicting the OSW manufacturing, assembly and marshalling hub will create thousands of jobs. 
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Scientists, First Nations Say Hydropower is Not Clean Energy
A critic of hydropower says politicians often make “vacuous statements about a particular energy source being clean, but that is not the case.”
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
J.P. Morgan: ‘The Sky’s the Limit’ for US Green Bonds
High U.S. green bond growth this year is in part from a “vastly increased investor appetite for ESG-labeled securities,” Paul O’Connor of J.P. Morgan said.

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