What to Expect When You re Expecting the Biden Administration
Commemorate Inauguration Day by digging deep into the promises and potential of the Biden Administration. Share
[Updated 1/22/2021] Today s the day. Joe Biden will soon be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, with a promise to Build Back Better from the unprecedented public health and economic crises facing the nation at the close of President Donald Trump s time in office.
If you re looking for links to reading about what a Biden presidency might accomplish, look no further. In addition to the latest round of news coverage of the transition, culminating today with Biden s inauguration, you ll also find links below to previous news and analysis from throughout the 2020 presidential election as well as the intervening months between Biden s historic election and today s Inauguration Day.
Economic Shock Lowers U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Below 1990 Levels, Report Says
The decrease in U.S. economic activity during the pandemic year of 2020 reduced the country s greenhouse gas emissions by 10.3 percent. January 12, 2021, 10am PST | James Brasuell |
Rhodium Group has released its preliminary report on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions for 2020, estimating a dramatic decrease in emissions during the pandemic year.
Kate Larsen, Hannah Pitt, and Alfredo Rivera write an article for the Rhodium Group to explain the report s preliminary estimations, noting at the aperture that 2020 was an unusual year: limiting the spread of infection produced a historic shock to the U.S. economy and a 10.5 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
A Housing and Eviction Crisis Still Hangs Over the U.S., Just Like the Pandemic
Checking in with the numerous risks in the housing market as the economic fallout of the pandemic as approaches it approaches its second year. Share
New research by Mary K. Cunningham, Ananya Hariharan, and Olivia Fiol at the Urban Institute quantifies the eviction cliff looming over the country as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s federal eviction moratorium is scheduled to expire at the end of January.
In this brief, we use new data from the second wave of the Urban Institute’s Coronavirus Tracking Survey, conducted September 11 through 28, 2020, to explore the pandemic’s impact on housing stability and renters’ vulnerability to eviction. We find that nearly 14 percent of renters, or 9.5 million renters, reported problems paying rent in the previous 30 days.