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🏅 Maybe she hasn't won any Olympic medals, but former Center President Rena Steinzor, a professor at @marylandcareylaw, has achieved incredible feats. She has testified before Congress numerous times, co-authored several impactful reports, and significantly raised the public profile of our small but mighty organization. That's worthy of a gold medal in our book!
🏅 This year, she is retiring, and we want to celebrate her and simply say, THANK YOU.
🏅 Our policy director, James Goodwin, put it best: "Fearless and solutions-focused. Those two values have become firmly entrenched into the Center’s ethos and identity, and they certainly shape how I approach my work every day. And to the extent I have succeeded in my role here at the Center, much of the credit goes to Rena."
🏅 Read more about Rena Steinzor at the link in our bio or by visiting our website. https://progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/
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Environmental Policy Brief
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The @epagov has issued its most recent regulatory analysis—which assesses a regulation’s impact—as part of the agency's proposed chemical disaster rule. The rule seeks to strengthen the Risk Management Program of the Clean Air Act. The RMP was developed to prevent dangerous explosions or toxic chemical releases at industrial facilities.
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The conservative approach to regulatory analysis is cost-benefit analysis, which has been proven a failure, as there is no numerical value that can be placed on the health and safety of workers and neighboring communities.
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We’re urging the EPA to take a different approach and assess the RMP rule according to the guidelines of the Clean Air Act and to account for social and structural equity. The EPA has demonstrated that it is willing to move beyond the failed methodology of cost-benefit analysis.
Want to know what other recommendations we’ve made to the EPA? Check out the link in our bio 🌿
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Addressing the barriers to equal pay requires a multifaceted approach that includes policies such as equal pay laws, stronger anti-discrimination measures, and efforts to promote equal access to education and training opportunities for women.
Additionally, promoting workplace flexibility and paid family leave policies can help support working parents, regardless of gender.
For more on equal pay, visit our blog, link in bio.
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Energy Experts Press North Carolina to Support Customer-Owned Electricity Generation to Advance Equity and Justice
In a new policy brief, the Center for Progressive Reform calls on the state of North Carolina to advance “energy equity” by taking steps to help low-wealth people generate their own electricity via residential and community solar programs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 12, 2023) — The Center for Progressive Reform is calling on North Carolina to enact a suite of policy reforms that would help low-wealth people generate their own electricity by installing solar panels on their properties or subscribing to community solar programs. Doing so, Center scholars and staff argue, will advance “energy equity” — the principle that people who are harmed the most by inequitable energy systems and infrastructure are able to participate in and benefit from a fairer energy system as the state transitions to a clean energy economy.
The Center makes this call in a new policy brief that defines “customer-owned energy generation” for lay audiences; explains how it differs from “dirty” energy generated by utility companies and how it benefits structurally marginalized communities, including low-wealth people, communities of color, and people in rural areas; identifies legal and policy opportunities to advance it; and lists concrete actions that law- and policymakers can take to support it.
READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE.