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Wells Fargo Foundation Awards $7.5 Million to LISC Houston to Expand Homeownership for Families of Color

3BL Media

The donation to Local Initiatives Support Corporation, or LISC, Houston comes from Wells Fargo’s Wealth Opportunity Restored Through Homeownership , or WORTH, initiative, a $60 million national effort to address systemic barriers to homeownership for people of color. Comprehensive outreach and education campaigns. Funded with a $7.5

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

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However, right now I’m focusing on two main things: Focus on being flexible and understanding the unpredictability our community groups are facing; being sympathetic and supportive in the ways they need, even if this differs from our original approach. And turning towards smaller-scale, grassroots engagement. Willemijn Brouwer (2018).

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Why Environmental Justice Is Becoming Too Big an Issue to Ignore

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The culmination of many years of effort and insight from campaigns like the Journey for Justice resulted in funds being allocated to EJ through key parts of infrastructure and climate legislation signed into law by the Biden Administration. Environmental Justice News and Challenges. Have your House in Order.

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EV Industry Faces Misinformation Storm  

Chris Hall

The matter reached fever pitch this month when a UK House of Lords Committee urged the government to tackle misinformation about EVs to correct the industry’s flatlining growth. The director of transport decarbonisation at the UK Department for Transport told the Committee that there was a “concerted campaign of misinformation” about EVs.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Most recently, Barudin led a tribal task force with the nonprofit group Vote Solar to support New Mexico's new law enabling tribes and pueblos to access community solar programs. During a stint in East Timor supporting a training exercise with the Timorese military, Buckles was searching for locally grown coffee in its cafés.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

Good news stories do not have the sensationalistic allure of dramatic prophecies of doom, but once you get past the dire headlines, there is a litany of overlooked achievements that tangibly illustrate progress. While support for the Republicans’ Big Lie gets a lot of press, this support is dwindling.

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Russia’s War From a Climate Perspective

Richard Matthews

As reported by Inside Climate News , more than one thousand organizations hailing from 75 countries have all condemned Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Some cleantech including next generation affordable EVs may face an uphill struggle due to supply shortages of things like nickel and lithium.