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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
After COP27, we can still be rays of light for creation
… emissions by 2050 . And it is important to remember that in August, the U.S. passed the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant climate legislation in U.S. history that will help the nation pivot …
Nov 23, 2022
US bishops elect Coakley, Viganò supporter, as No. 3 official
… he has expressed support for some of the Biden administration's initiatives, including the Inflation Reduction Act's measures to combat climate change . In other matters on Nov. 16, the bishops elected new …
Nov 16, 2022
Vote like your life — and everyone else's — depends on it
… all human life and our planet's future. The large majority of Americans, too, believe we must act on climate change. Three-quarters of Americans support full participation in international … damage. If we elect candidates who push for unabated use of fossil fuels, ignoring pollution reduction and failing to advance toward a clean energy future, we put the U.S. and the world in … the Build Back Better Act , which would have boldly tripled the clean energy measures in the Inflation Reduction Act . The troubling back story ? The politician's son owns a company that …
Nov 7, 2022
'It makes climate change real': How carbon emissions got rebranded as 'pollution'
… good on its pledges to tackle climate change. At least, until a month and a half later. The Inflation Reduction Act , the landmark climate legislation signed by President Joe Biden in August, amends the 1970 …
Oct 22, 2022
How St. Louis churches are revealing the disparities in the air we breathe
… can take to advocate on its own behalf. Action is even more urgent now that the White House's Inflation Reduction Act gives $315.5 million for air monitoring so at-risk communities can be properly informed of …
Oct 15, 2022
Fresh off Inflation Reduction Act win, Catholic groups push to further environmental justice
… Aleja Hertzler-McCain … Fresh off passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and its historic investments in combating climate change, Catholic groups who celebrated the …
Sep 27, 2022
Clinton Global Initiative event renews hope for encounter and action
… to survive. He describes it as a patriotic effort and strongly supports the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act because it not only supports conversion to renewable energy, but also supports manufacturing …
Sep 27, 2022
More than 600 faith leaders urge EPA to draft new clean car standards
… are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to accelerate its next round of pollution reduction standards for combustion-engine cars and trucks all while the auto industry races to … roads. In December, EPA finalized its most stringent rule to date under the Clean Air Act that sets fuel economy standards for model year 2026 vehicles at 58 miles per gallon for … looking to build on momentum from the billions in electric vehicle tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act and to seize a chance to send a clear signal to the auto industry that …
Sep 8, 2022