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Emergency Preparedness
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Hurricane Ida Is Part of a Cycle of Disasters—Mitigating Their Impact Means Building Back Better
Jay Balagna, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg @aclarkginsberg
Sep 13, 2021
CNN
Building back better means focusing on recovery that not only restores damage from a disaster but also reduces future risk. To meet that goal today, we need to look at the ways our disaster preparedness and response systems actually create risk themselves, by reinforcing things like wealth inequality, systemic discrimination, or access to crucial services.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Boosting Vaccine Acceptance, Afghanistan's Refugee Crisis, Environmental Racism: RAND Weekly Recap
Sep 10, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on addressing vaccine hesitancy, preventing an even-bigger humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, and how to develop antiracist environmental policies.
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Environmental Regulation
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Achieving Decarbonization and Energy Equity Through Reconciliation
Liam Regan, Benjamin Lee Preston @bl_preston
Sep 9, 2021
United Press International
The past two years have witnessed increasingly vocal calls for rapid decarbonization of the global economy through a clean energy transition. How can Congress ensure that new costs associated with a clean energy transition do not fall disproportionately on lower-income ratepayers?
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Racial Discrimination
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Mapping Environmental Racism: Q&A with Jaime Madrigano and Benjamin Preston
Jaime Madrigano @JMadrigano, Benjamin Lee Preston @bl_preston, Michael D. Rich @michaeldrich
Sep 7, 2021
Environmental policy experts Jaime Madrigano and Benjamin Preston are leading an effort to highlight how discriminatory policies have shaped environmental health disparities. Their goal: create an interactive map of the United States to motivate environmental policy that advances antiracism.
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Afghanistan
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U.S. Failure in Afghanistan, Critical Race Theory Bans, Income Inequality: RAND Weekly Recap
Sep 3, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on how early mistakes led to America's failure in Afghanistan, the potential effects of critical race theory bans, an art installation that breaks down RAND data on income inequality, and more.
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Alternative and Renewable Energy
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Costa Rica Leads the Way in Cutting Carbon Emissions
Aug 30, 2021
Almost every country has pledged to slash carbon emissions to slow the gears of global warming. Costa Rica's plan provides a glimpse of what a carbon-neutral future will look like. It shows how nations can take action and make investments that hold up, regardless of what future comes to pass.
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Wildfires
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Climate Change Is Only One Driver of Explosive Wildfire Season—Don't Forget Land Management
Jim Whittington, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg @aclarkginsberg, Jay Balagna
Aug 16, 2021
The Hill
The fire seasons that have been scorching huge areas and wiping entire towns from the map appear to be the future. Accepting that wildland fires are a part of our environment and working to live with fires rather than continuously fighting against them may be the most responsible path forward.
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Racial Discrimination
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Historic Lynchings and Voter Registration, China in Space, Firefighters' Mental Health: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 30, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the link between historic lynchings and voter registration, Afghanistan in the era of fentanyl, supporting firefighters’ mental health, and more.
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Workplace Well-Being
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As Fire Season Heats Up, Burnout Looms
Grace Hindmarch, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg @aclarkginsberg, Jay Balagna
Jul 21, 2021
The RAND Blog
Increasingly intense fire seasons are taking a physical and mental toll on wildland firefighters. Without more direct attention paid to firefighters' mental health, burnout could decimate the ranks of those who protect lives and property across the West.
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Postsecondary Education
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Paying College Athletes, Preventing Suicide, Planning for Heatwaves: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 16, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on a potential step toward paying college athletes, helping college freshmen overcome COVID-19 learning loss, the effects of U.S. sanctions in Syria, more.
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Environmental Pollution
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Arming the Department of Defense's Environmental Liabilities Program
Christy Foran, R. J. Briggs, Kristin Van Abel
Jun 23, 2021
RealClearDefense
A new U.S. emphasis on sustainable environmental conditions is emerging just as budget pressures are increasing. The DoD could use this as an opportunity to develop a systematic approach to addressing its environmental liabilities.
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Natural Gas
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Depoliticizing Russian Gas in Europe
William Courtney @courtneywmh, Richard Kauzlarich
Jun 11, 2021
The Moscow Times
At their June 16 Summit in Geneva, Presidents Biden and Putin might consider how to reduce the sharp tensions over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. Cooperation among governments and companies may offer potential.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Reopening the U.S. Economy, Geoengineering, 5G: RAND Weekly Recap
May 28, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the potential effects of reopening the economy before the White House's vaccination goal is met, students' learning experiences during the pandemic, competition in the 5G era, and more.
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Arctic Region
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Blinken's Arctic Opportunities
Abbie Tingstad, Stephanie Pezard @StephaniePezard
May 19, 2021
Defense One
Continued positive U.S. engagement in the Arctic Council could be important for balancing the influence of Russia and China, and in moving toward the Biden administration's climate change goals. Washington's new priority on climate change could be an issue that will now bind, rather than divide, Arctic states.
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Energy Security
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Is DarkSide Really Sorry? Is It Even DarkSide?
Anu Narayanan, Jonathan Welburn @jwwelburn
May 19, 2021
Defense One
The U.S. military relies heavily on commercial energy assets, making the implications of events like the Colonial Pipeline outage more serious than just higher prices at the gas pump. The origins and severity of an attack dictate what the United States might do in response.
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Surface Transportation
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Micromobility: How Will We Know When It's Working?
Liisa Ecola, Laura Fraade-Blanar
May 18, 2021
The RAND Blog
Micromobility was positioned as a solution for every urban problem from traffic congestion to air pollution to transit deserts and inequality. Is there a way to know if micromobility can fulfill these ambitious goals?
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