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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 Forbes.com Sarah Spengeman Contributor Deputy Director of Communications The Inflation Reduction Act is not just historic climate policy, its historic jobs policy, capable of creating an estimated 9 million jobs over the next ten years according to the Blue Green Alliance. But what kind of jobs will they be? For the very first time, Congress is using clean energy tax incentives to not only make more jobs, but ensure these jobs meet high labor standards and

Region’s long awaited energy and economic transition will be substantially boosted by US’s first climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act Sept 8, 2022 theguardian.com Nina Lakhani in Wise county and Bluefield, Virginia When Mason Taylor enrolled at the local vocational school with dreams of becoming an electrician like his dad, it was assumed that the ninth-grader would eventually end up moving away from Wise county, Virginia, to find a decent job. Now 19, Taylor just bought

A new report suggests that the Inflation Reduction Act could be even bigger than Congress thinks. Oct 05, 2022 theatlantic.com Robinson Meyer Late last month, analysts at the investment bank Credit Suisse published a research note about America’s new climate law that went nearly unnoticed. The Inflation Reduction Act, the bank argued, is even more important than has been recognized so far: The IRA will “will have a profound effect across industries in the next decade and beyo

Tom Croft, Heartland Capital Strategies The Heartland Network has been advocating— thru words and deeds — for a sustainable industrial policy since our inception over a quarter century ago. Heartland has been advising and pushing the Biden Administration and Congress for nearly two years now to bridge the gap between where we are and a truly sustainable productive economy strategy. We're getting close! Heartland was born in 1995 to rebuild America by sustainably investing wor

Sep 05, 2022 nydailynews.com Edward M. Smith, president and CEO of Ullico, the nation’s only union-owned insurance and investment company. On this Labor Day, many will rightfully cheer a union renaissance as workers from Amazon to Starbucks unite to win contracts in a battle against an enormous amount of money and power levied against them. But for workers to have more than just a fighting chance, they must have more money and power on their side. A start would be to better i

Tom Croft, Heartland On September 22, 2022, the Heartland Network showcased a long-term plan to revitalize the “Appalachian Heartland” at the Clean Energy Action Forum (GCEAF), a joint convening of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the 13th Clean Energy Ministerial and the 7th Mission Innovation ministerial. With our friends from the Marshall Plan for Middle America (MP4MA) Coalition, Heartland welcomed the GCEAF to the “Paris of Appalachia.” The GCEAF aimed to accelerate

By Tom Croft , Heartland Capital Strategies SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 COMMENTARY | There’s a growing effort to change the way investments are made in the region and to ensure that local communities share in more of the benefits. Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles from ReImagine Appalachia, a coalition working to transform and strengthen the economy across parts of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. At Route Fifty, we’ve reported previously on this