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JPB Foundation Research Finds Advanced Energy Driving Job Growth in Renewables, Smart Buildings

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05/02/2016

Building on a state's strengths in advanced energy technology can maximize job growth and give a state a competitive economic edge, according to research from the American Jobs Project.

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Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

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04/29/2016

The resilience strategy is a new approach to city planning spearheaded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Michael Berkowitz, who heads up the 100 Resilient Cities Project, said there are opportunities to leverage dollars spent on climate action plans to...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Poll Finds Broad Support For Clean Power Plan

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04/28/2016

Bloomberg Philanthropies released the results of a poll that examined the attitudes of voters toward the Clean Power Plan (CPP) in four key states: Florida, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin. In each of these states, attorneys general have sued the...

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Rita Allen Foundation Funds Study to Understand Rejection of Climate Change

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04/27/2016

Climate Central, a Palmer Square-based nonprofit group devoted to studying climate change, has joined several other scientific groups in a study that seeks to understand why many members of the public reject the findings of the scientific community...

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Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.

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04/25/2016

The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivered a global agreement to limit future global warming to under 2° C above pre-industrial levels. The

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Loren Harris as Vice President of Programs

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04/19/2016

The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that Loren S. Harris, a philanthropic leader with more than 20 years experience challenging structural barriers to equality and creating economic opportunity and social inclusion, will join the Foundation as...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Lee Wasserman Fights Climate Change with Rockefeller Funds

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04/18/2016

The Rockefeller Family Fund divests from fossil fuels while dishing out grants to combat global warming.

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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Conversation on Flood Resilience

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04/14/2016

In order to tackle catastrophic climate-related events including droughts and floods, The Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development and Sida, backed by Zurich Insurance Group and its Z Zurich Foundation, have...

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JPB Foundation Grant Helps Affordable Housing Providers Install Solar Power

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04/13/2016

The technical assistance service, launched to coincide with the Housing California conference in Sacramento, is funded by a grant from The JPB Foundation and is intended to reduce barriers to entry and help affordable housing providers install solar...

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Housing and Homelessness