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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/

Environmental Policy Brief

Sources:

Planned Parenthood Center for Choice: “Texas Abortion Laws”

NPR: “Doctors' Worst Fears About the Texas Abortion Law Are Coming True”

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 🌿

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.