|  | |  | Tips for Managing Smoky Air during Wildfire Season We are hitting peak wildfire season in California. Wildfires are not just dangerous for people in the direct line of fire or whose homes reside outside of evacuation lines. Wildfires wreak havoc on our air quality, which threatens all of our livelihoods. Learn all about the Air Quality Index for measuring safe air quality in your area, and follow our tips for dealing with wildfire smoke and air pollution. |
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|  | Climate Insider Staff Spotlight: Resa Barillas As Inland Empire Regional Organizer, Resa Barillas grows power for environmental issues, especially clean energy, in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. “The climate crisis is already upon us, and I feel like it’s the most pressing, impactful issue of our time,” she said. “Being from a disinvested community, the impacts are highly visible.” |
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 | WATCH: The Inflation Reduction Act Passed! President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest federal climate and clean energy bill in American history. The bill will foster new programs, technologies, and jobs to meet this moment, creating a federal roadmap of a greener future. Watch our video celebrating this historic down payment towards tackling the climate crisis. |
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| | |  | DID YOU KNOW? Millions of Green Jobs Are Coming! Labor Day, which is coming up on Monday, September 5, celebrates the laborers who have built this county and the many achievements of the labor movement, including making our workplaces more equitable and winning us paid time off and sick time. This Labor Day, EnviroVoters is looking ahead at the new green jobs we have secured: - The Inflation Reduction Act will support and create millions of new jobs in our clean energy economy, including funding for energy efficiency job training and tax incentives for clean energy manufacturing to be directed in part to those transitioning from fossil-fuel to renewable energy jobs.
- Under the new state budget, researchers estimate that if California builds 10 GW of offshore wind by 2040, the state can create 97,000 to 195,000 job-years, plus 4,000 to 4,500 annual operation and maintenance jobs.
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| | Truthout, August 23, 2022. “Liberal States Like California Are Also Failing to Make Progress on Climate” Public News Service, August 22, 2022. “Vote Coming on Bill to Make Big Companies Disclose Carbon Emissions” Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2022. “Editorial: California should go bolder on climate, even if it’s an 11th-hour push” San Francisco Chronicle, August 18, 2022: “Newsom wants California legislators to pass the state’s most aggressive climate package ever. Is there enough time?” KTLA, August 15, 2022. “‘Feather Alerts’: Fast-food restaurant conditions among bills considered by California Legislature” StreetsBlog Cal, August 12, 2022. “Bills Still Alive: Parking Reform, Corporate Climate Accountability” The Guardian, August 11, 2022: “An anxious American west sizes up historic climate bill: ‘We need every tool’” Bloomberg Law, August 11, 2022. “California Climate Reporting Bill Topping SEC Proposal Advances” POLITICO: The Long Game, August 2, 2022. “Can companies buy back better?” |
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