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    How Funders Can Support California Flood Recovery

    Disaster Relief and Recovery Magazine Jan 11, 2023

    Precipitation totals are breaking records including in San Francisco, which on Jan. 4 marked the wettest 10-day period since January 1862. Snow totals in the Sierra Nevada mountain range are approaching what…

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  • What Fintech Could Look Like in 2023

    TechCrunch Jan 11, 2023

    While 2022 was largely about the reset of the funding environment, 2023 will be a year of recalibration for fintech companies.

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  • Mass Shootings: How Funders Can Respond

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy Jan 11, 2023

    Funders do have a role within their community if they wish to support response to a mass shooting. They can manage one or more funds for victims or first responders,…

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  • What We Know About Gun Policy

    RAND Corporation Jan 10, 2023

    <p>This report, now in its third edition, synthesizes the available scientific evidence for the effects of various firearm policies on firearm deaths, violent crime, the gun industry, defensive gun use, and other outcomes.</p>…

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  • The Effort to Save the Ozone Layer is Working

    EcoWatch Jan 10, 2023

    A report from a UN-backed panel of experts found that the hole in the ozone layer is on track to close completely within four decades.

    Read the full article at: www.ecowatch.com

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  • Atlantic Tropical Storms Will Become More Intense Due to Climate Change

    Futurity Jan 10, 2023

    “Atlantic hurricane seasons will become even more active in the future, and hurricanes will be even more intense.”…

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  • Lessons and Opportunities in Family Farming

    Food Tank Jan 9, 2023

    As the U.N. Decade of Family Farming hits the three-year mark, it offers an opportunity to evaluate what still needs to be accomplished.

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  • Climate Infrastructure Investments Can Bolster Employment Opportunities

    The Aspen Institute Jan 9, 2023

    While signing the hard-fought infrastructure bill into law, President Biden gave a speech that claimed a legislative accomplishment and staked a place in history. “Generations from now, people will look back and…

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  • For Low-income Youth, Rent Can Be the Biggest Barrier to College

    Urban Institute Jan 8, 2023

    Many cities and localities have mounted targeted efforts to promote education and career pathways for “opportunity youth.” Engaging these young people—ages 16 to 24, who are not in school and not…

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  • Red Flag Laws Fly Under the Radar

    The 74 Jan 7, 2023

    Alyssa Shaw’s job is to guide Seattle-area residents through what can be one of the most wrenching and complicated experiences of their lives: petitioning civil courts to temporarily take away…

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  • How COVID-19 Impacts Moms in the Workforce

    Futurity Jan 7, 2023

    The COVID-19 pandemic—and resulting upheaval in public education—has undermined decades of feminist gains in the United States workforce, research finds. The research, forthcoming in Gender & Society, draws on new data…

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  • Green Jobs are Booming, but too Few Employees Have Sustainability Skills to Fill Them

    The Conversation Jan 6, 2023

    Green jobs go beyond solar panel installation and wind turbine maintenance. They’re found in fields from design to economics and in many types of management.

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