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November 16, 2023
Energy Transition Accelerator - The Rockefeller Foundation

OverviewThe Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) strives to curb global warming by catalyzing private investment in holistic energy transition strategies via innovative jurisdictional-scale carbon credits. This approach directly compensates developing countries for verified emissions reductions. The ETA mobilizes new finance by forming a coalition of companies and institutions committed to paying for verified power sector emission

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November 16, 2023
Economic Opportunity Coalition - The Rockefeller Foundation

OverviewThe Economic Opportunity Coalition is a public-private partnership with the federal government designed to align and catalyze investments in underserved communities and create wealth, with a priority placed on small business development and access to capital.Impact StoriesSystemic racial economic disparities hurt productivity and have cost the U.S. $22.9 trillion over the last 30 years. Allapattah

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November 16, 2023
Periodic Table of Food - The Rockefeller Foundation

OverviewFood lies at the core of society’s most pressing challenges: climate change, biodiversity loss, and malnutrition.The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) is providing democratized tools, data, and training to evaluate the quality of the world’s food supply for a global ecosystem of scientists, practitioners, consumers, and policymakers.The PTFI is leveraging food composition data as

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November 16, 2023
Wastewater Surveillance - The Rockefeller Foundation

OverviewWastewater surveillance can guide public health interventions to slow or stop the spread of infectious diseases. A single sample can provide health insights into thousands of individuals, all for a fraction of the cost of clinical diagnostic tests and independent of health system access The data generated provides a more equitable view of population health

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November 16, 2023
Invest in Our Future - The Rockefeller Foundation

OverviewRecently passed federal legislation has created a pivotal moment for our nation to combat the climate crisis, supercharge the clean energy economy, create quality jobs, and make sure all communities can thrive and prosper. We are focused on unlocking this historic funding to support clean energy and climate priorities in traditionally marginalized communities.Implementing Climate Action

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November 15, 2023
Israeli Offshore Gas Platform Near Gaza Resumes Production - The Washington Institute

The post-attack shutdown of the Tamar gas field had highlighted the vulnerability of Israel’s energy infrastructure. On November 9, Israel’s Ministry of Energy instructed Chevron to resume production at the Tamar gas field after having ordered the field’s operator to halt production on October 7, following Hamas’s attack against Israel. The Tamar platform stands in

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November 15, 2023
Hearing on Antisemitism & College Campuses - C-SPAN

November 15, 2023 2023-11-15T14:10:43-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYzg5XC8wMDFcLzE3MDAwNzc2MjlfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Advocates and activists testified on antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas War and free speech on college campuses before the House Ways and Means Committee. Topics included safety on college campuses, funding of charities and universities, and anti-Israel rhetoric on social media. Advocates and activists testified on antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas War and free

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November 15, 2023
Did China Just Kill Peace in the Middle East? - Heritage.org

On the eve of what was projected to be a seismic Israel-Saudi Arabia peace deal brokered by the United States, thousands of Hamas terrorists burst out of Gaza and engaged in a vicious rampage of rape, torture and murder against Jews in southern Israel, creating a regional crisis so severe that conventional wisdom now holds

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November 15, 2023
Sen. Kennedy on Education Policy - C-SPAN

November 15, 2023 | Part Of U.S. Senate U.S. Senate 2023-11-15T13:17:35-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJkZWZhdWx0c1wvc2VuYXRlTG9nby5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Louisiana Republican Senator John Kennedy speaks about education policy and advocates for school choice. Louisiana Republican Senator John Kennedy speaks about education policy and advocates for school choice. Related Video September 7, 2023 Sen. Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Ukraine Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

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November 15, 2023
Deterrence and Cyber Strategy - Center for Strategic and International Studies

In the 1930s, France built impressive fortifications called the Maginot Line to prevent German forces from crossing its eastern border. The line was so impressive that it deterred the Germans from a direct assault. Instead, they went around it.  The United States risks repeating this outcome in cyberspace. Deterrence works as well as it ever

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