Council Announces Leading Companies, Christiana Figueres & Ernest Moniz as New Founding Members 15 Fortune 100 Companies + NGOs Preview Plan With Members of Congress From Both Parties WASHINGTON, DC – The Climate Leadership Council – a broad coalition of leading companies, environmental NGOs and thought leaders from across the political spectrum – released its...
New Working Paper Offers Roadmap for Next Administration on Govt. Performance & Use of Evidence Post Date: October 05, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new bipartisan working paper authored by former senior U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) officials Dr. Shelley H. Metzenbaum and Robert J. Shea, entitled Performance Accountability, Evidence and...
The European Union unveiled a new policy roadmap Wednesday designed to slash its emissions 55% over the next decade. The plan calls for a strengthening of the bloc’s carbon pricing scheme, increasing renewable energy use and establishing a more stringent standard to reduce emissions from cars. In unveiling a detailed package, the EU is putting its money where its...
Reviewing NIEER’s research on pre-K programs, Einterz says they were able to learn about existing programs (there are not many) that utilize community-based or home-based providers as part of a public pre-K program. “It’s a really exciting opportunity for Michigan,” Einterz says. “If they were able to implement an effective home-based pre-K pilot, it would make...