Redstone Arsenal accounts for 51% of the gross regional product for the Tennessee Valley, according to a study from the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s College of Business and the
• Jigar Shah, Executive Director, Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of Energy
Hosted on an easy-to-use digital event platform, the ACORE Finance Forum will feature interactive panels and keynote addresses, attendee-to-attendee networking and messaging, engaging Q&A and discussion sessions, and virtual exhibiting.
FEATURED TOPICS:
• Capital Flows and Tax Equity in a Climate-Focused Economy
• The Repercussions of ESG and the Next Wave of Sustainable Finance
• Priorities for a More Reliable Electric Grid
• Risk Management Post-Texas: Investor, Corporate Buyer and Sponsor Perspectives
• The View from Lenders
• Where VC Meets Capital Markets: The Intersection of Technology, Energy and Finance
ACORE President and CEO Gregory Wetstone will kick off the conference with a state of the industry presentation and the release of ACORE s annual $1T 2030 report, which will assess expectations for renewable energy finance in 2021-2024 and the progress we ve made
Perspectives By
James Scanlan | April 4, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT
James ScanlanThere exists an essentially universal belief that generally reducing adverse criminal justice outcomes will tend to reduce (a) relative racial differences in rates of experiencing the outcomes (as commonly presented in terms of the ratio of the rate for Black individuals to that of white individuals) and (b) the proportion Black individuals make up of persons experiencing the outcomes (compared with the proportion they make up of the population).
The belief underlies the calls for defunding the police that were heard in many places over the past year. The belief also plays an important role in support for criminal justice reforms aimed at generally reducing prison populations, expanding options for pretrial release and diversion programs for defendants with low risk of recidivism, de-incentivizing traffic stops, and modifying police practices in ways that can reduce all adverse interactions between