Biden campaigned on the ambitious goal to get America's power sector to net zero emissions by 2035, and the climate crisis demands that we accomplish that. In a new op-ed, PPI President Will Marshall and PPI's leading climate expert Paul Bledsoe write that natural gas will play a key role in achieving Biden's net zero benchmark –– but needs to be more than just the lesser evil of the fossil fuels.
Clean tech is the answer to making natural gas appealing, rather than a hard pill to swallow, in America's clean energy transition.
→ "Natural gas and America's clean energy transition,"
by Will Marshall and Paul Bledsoe, The Hill
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☑New From The Experts
> Help Has Arrived
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act passed this week, and PPI applauds the passage as the first landmark achievement of the Biden administration and this new Congress. "This is not the time to make the perfect the enemy of the good," said PPI President Will Marshall in a statement on this historic bill. "This is how our democracy is supposed to work." → PPI Applauds Passage of the Biden Administration's American Rescue Plan Act
> #EndHunger with Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
The pandemic recession has resulted in a national hunger crisis in America, one fueled by historic problems much older than the coronavirus. Social Policy Director Veronica Goodman moderated a panel this week with food insecurity experts and keynoted by congresswoman and hunger advocate Representative Suzanne Bonamici. The webinar dives into the past, present, and potential future of hunger in the U.S., highlighting key policy lessons from adapting in the pandemic. → Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) Joins PPI for Webinar on Ending Hunger in America
> Let's Eat Better
For more PPI thought-leadership on hunger, catch Veronica Goodman's latest op-ed in On Food Law, a collaborative blog run by Harvard's Food Law Lab and the UCLA Food Law think tank. → "How to Feed America Better Post-Covid," by Veronica Goodman,
On Food Law
> Congress, Time to Deepen Your Bench
In honor of International Women's Day on Monday, March 8th, the Mosaic Economic Project published a letter to Congress urging the body to seek the professional expertise of diverse women. Read the letter → An Open Letter to Congress from the Mosaic Economic Project
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The Mosaic Economic Project is a women-led project of PPI, seeking to uplift the voices of diverse women with expertise in economics, technology and business leadership. They are currently accepting applications for their March cohort, any interested women should submit their applications no later than March 19th. Find more information here.
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> The Latest from Reinventing America's Schools
With an excellent panel of expert perspectives, this week RAS Deputy Director Curtis Valentine moderated the webinar "Creating Opportunity for All with Early-College High School." The conversation explored the impact and significance of high schools that provide students with opportunities to earn college credits or degrees. → Creating Opportunity for All with Early-College High Schools
> Out: Standardized Tests. In: Quality Reviews.
The standardized testing method of assessing school performance adopted in the early 2000's has largely been debunked as an effective method of measuring school success, but still these are the numbers we look to when trying to understand American education outcomes. In a new op-ed for The74, David Osborne says school quality reviews can provide better insight. → "Test Scores Give Only a Partial Picture of How a School Is Doing. School Quality Reviews Can Help Fill the Gap," by David Osborne, The74
> Delivery Drama? Grab the Popcorn
Millions of restaurants are struggling to get by, and food delivery apps have proven to be a saving grace. Some cities, in a move to help, have tried instituting delivery price caps to help restaurants. It hasn't quite worked out that way, and a new article from the Wall Street Journal highlights a PPI paper by Alec Stapp on exactly this issue.
→ "Food-Delivery Regulation Is a Drama Worth Watching," by Laura Forman,
The Wall Street Journal
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