Are these Lego-style houses the solution to the housing crisis?

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Equilibrium/Sustainability — Harlem leaders demand environmental equality

Community activists in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan are calling on New York City to do more to make sure that they aren't left out of climate adaptation plans. Such solutions developed in the neighborhood 

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When will Americans feel the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act?

The House moved Friday to pass a sweeping climate and health care bill, delivering a long-awaited legislative win to President Biden's desk for his signature.  The White House is preparing to deploy officials across the country to promote the historic action on climate change and lowering prescription drug costs contained in the bill, pitching it as a solution to ease the pain of consumers grappling with high inflation.  However, while some of the provisions will take effect immediately or in early 2023, others will take years. Here are some answers on the timeline

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Defense & National Security — Trump probed over potential Espionage Act violations

Federal agents who searched Mar-a-Lago this week suspected former President Trump potentially violated the Espionage Act, amid other laws. Meanwhile, different tones are emerging from GOP lawmakers about the FBI raid and lawmakers are going about travel to Ukraine on their own terms. This is Defense & National Security, your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. For The Hill, I’m Ellen Mitchell. 

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Democrat calls for standalone vote on permitting deal, saying he doesn’t feel ‘obligation’ to vote for it

Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) told The Hill on Friday that he will push for the permitting deal between Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Democratic leadership to be a standalone vote — rather than attached to another vehicle that may incentivize more of his colleagues to vote for it.  Grijalva said that he and a handful of colleagues planned to make a request on Friday that the vote — on an agreement he fears will weaken environmental standards — be a standalone. He said he hopes the reforms are not attached to must-pass legislation such as a continuing resol

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