Biden administration puts $830M to helping protect #infrastructure from #climate-fueled #ExtremeWeather
"Most of the funding, $621 million, will go toward 36 projects aimed at bolstering the resilience of existing infrastructure through things like improving draining, moving roadways, and lifting up bridges.
An additional $119 million will go toward protecting, strengthening, or removing at-risk coastal infrastructure like highways."
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4587007-biden-administration-puts-830m-to-helping-protect-infrastructure-from-climate-fueled-extreme-weather/
#WhatBidenDid
"Most of the funding, $621 million, will go toward 36 projects aimed at bolstering the resilience of existing infrastructure through things like improving draining, moving roadways, and lifting up bridges.
An additional $119 million will go toward protecting, strengthening, or removing at-risk coastal infrastructure like highways."
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4587007-biden-administration-puts-830m-to-helping-protect-infrastructure-from-climate-fueled-extreme-weather/
#WhatBidenDid
CelloMom On Cars •
Residential #solar is difficult to access for lower-income Americans because of its high upfront cost and because less affluent people tend to rent their homes or live in apartment buildings.
Biden's goal: to direct 40% of federal clean energy investment benefits to disadvantaged communities."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-unveil-7-billion-rooftop-solar-earth-day-message-2024-04-22/
#WhatBidenDid
CelloMom On Cars •
Consumers can access up to $14,000 or more per household. Many will likely be able to start accessing rebates within months.
The rebates aim to partially or fully offset costs for efficiency projects like installing electric heat pumps, insulation, electrical panels and Energy Star-rated appliances."
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/22/inflation-reduction-act-energy-rebates-may-soon-be-available.html
#WhatBidenDid
Consumers may soon get access to a share of $8.8 billion in Inflation Reduction Act home energy rebates
Greg Iacurci (CNBC)CelloMom On Cars •
The DOE also expects the programs to save households $1 billion a year in energy costs due to higher efficiency."
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/22/inflation-reduction-act-energy-rebates-may-soon-be-available.html
Consumers may soon get access to a share of $8.8 billion in Inflation Reduction Act home energy rebates
Greg Iacurci (CNBC)CelloMom On Cars •
"Few Americans say they've heard a lot about what the administration has done on #ClimateChange. That extends to those in the president's own party and to those who rate the issue of climate change as very important. Half of them have heard little or nothing at all about what the administration has done."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-policies-biden-poll/
So it's DIY communication now: pass the word on #WhatBidenDid for the climate. (People will be happy to hear!)
Few have heard about Biden's climate policies, even those who care most about issue — CBS News poll
Jennifer De Pinto (CBS News)CelloMom On Cars •
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/22/bernie-sanders-ocasio-cortez-boost-biden-climate-agenda-on-earth-day/73417626007/
#WhatBidenDid
Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez boost Joe Biden's climate agenda on Earth Day
, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)CelloMom On Cars •
"Half of Americans have heard not much or nothing about what the Biden administration has done about #ClimateChange. Only 14% say they've heard a lot."
So, tell your friends #WhatBidenDid.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-politics-opinion-poll-cbs-news-4-22-2024/
Climate politics and the bottom line — CBS News poll
Anthony Salvanto (CBS News)CelloMom On Cars •
Many of the projects funded over the past month work this way"
https://heatmap.news/economy/37-billion-biden-ira?_hsmi=304048651#
CelloMom On Cars •
“The industrial decarbonization programs are first-of-a-kind inroads into a sector that has traditionally been called hard to abate.”
https://heatmap.news/economy/37-billion-biden-ira?_hsmi=304048651#
Esciting times. This thread sketches out #WhatBidenDid for the climate.
CelloMom On Cars •
Under the rule, these power plants are expected to have to capture 90 percent of their carbon dioxide #emissions."
Coal plants: by 2032, gas plants: by 2035.
They have a decade to develop carbon capture as real, cheap, and at scale, or it's the end of coal and gas power plants.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4619780-biden-cracks-down-on-power-plants-climate-emissions-pollution/
CelloMom On Cars •
"West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has already vowed to challenge the Biden rule in court and predicted he’d score a repeat victory against what he called an “out-of-control agency.”
But legal observers say the new rule’s focus on facility-level carbon emissions may save the regulation from the pitfalls the Clean Power Plan encountered in the 2022 case."
https://www.eenews.net/articles/specter-of-supreme-court-smackdown-looms-over-biden-climate-rule-2/
CelloMom On Cars •
A bundle of #BuildingCodes that set efficiency targets for insulation,windows, HVAC and other systems, the updated energy standards apply only to new #AffordableHousing construction built with federal financing or funding.
All told, the average annual savings work out to $963 per household."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/biden-boosts-energy-efficiency-standards-for-affordable-housing
#WhatBidenDid
CelloMom On Cars •
Building thermally resilient housing costs builders more, so they have to be mandated to do it. These standards do just that.
Saving families $1000 a year is big.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/biden-boosts-energy-efficiency-standards-for-affordable-housing
I hope states and municipalities follow suit.
CelloMom On Cars •
"In one of its biggest steps yet to keep #FossilFuels in the ground, the Biden administration announced Thursday that it will end new coal leasing in the #PowderRiverBasin, which produces nearly half the coal in the United States.
The bureau determined that no future coal leasing should happen in the basin, and it estimated that coal mining in the #Wyoming portion of the region would end by 2041."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/16/coal-leasing-powder-river-basin-climate/
CelloMom On Cars •
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17052024/midwest-clean-energy-manufacturing/
#WhatBidenDid to create American clean-energy #jobs, under the #InflationReductionAct
Clean Energy Is Driving ‘a New Era in American Manufacturing’ Across the Midwest - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate NewsCelloMom On Cars •
1. Federal climate action is popular.
2. It get more popular once you explain it.
3. People hate Trump’s positions on the issue.
Also this summer is expected to bring searing heat and mean hurricanes: Stay safe, AND use them as opportunities to talk about climate change.
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/25/bill-mckibben-thinks-climate-change-is-the-key-to-a-biden-win-in-november/
[Edit:] Scroll up and down this thread to see #WhatBidenDid for climate
Bill McKibben Thinks Climate Change Is The Key To A Biden Win In November - CleanTechnica
Steve Hanley (CleanTechnica)CelloMom On Cars •
While much of the #IRA is working as intended, the American public is largely unaware of the story."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/climate/the-biden-clean-energy-boom.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE0.QKiF.B6G6SkWeQlzQ
#WhatBidenDid
CelloMom On Cars •
"The new initiative between the feds and 21 states aims to make faster fixes and improvements to the grid, committing to build a bigger and more modern grid as part of a larger effort to reduce power outages and increase electrical transmission capacity – a massive hurdle to getting more #CleanEnergy on the grid."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/climate/energy-grid-modernization-biden/index.html
CelloMom On Cars •
US gives school districts $900 mln for #ElectricSchoolBuses
"The EPA rebates will support the purchase of 3,400 school buses, 92% of them electric, the White House said. School districts in low income, tribal and rural communities will receive about 67% of the funds."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-gives-school-districts-900-mln-electric-school-buses-2024-05-29/
CelloMom On Cars •
"Rising to the #climate challenge is turning into a win-win for the U.S. economy, as manufacturing in climate solutions is creating hundreds of thousands of #jobs, directly and indirectly, all across the nation.
Despite cash flowing from a democratic administration, the vast majority of the federal investment – and jobs created – is going to red or swing states.
https://www.wfla.com/weather/climate-classroom/fighting-climate-change-is-powering-the-u-s-economy/
CelloMom On Cars •
"#CleanEnergy is exploding in the U.S. — a trend that’s only accelerating as [Biden's] Inflation Reduction Act gives a boost to the industry through 2031.
“When we look at developing utility scale renewable energy projects, they’re very commonly in rural areas of America.
That means all those wind tech #jobs will be rural jobs, and high-paying ones at that. The median income for wind techs is just under $62,000 a year."
https://www.marketplace.org/2024/06/10/clean-energy-boom-jobs-rural-communities/
Clean energy boom brings high-paying jobs to rural communities - Marketplace
Rae Solomon (Marketplace)CelloMom On Cars •
*****"Biden does much better with voters who actually know what is going on."*****
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/21/newsletter-biden-debate-todo/
Want Biden re-elected?
Find out #WhatBidenDid for ordinary Americans and tell your friends about it.
(Quick start: look up and down this thread).
CelloMom On Cars •
"U.S. companies have created more than 300,000 #CleanEnergy #jobs since President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in August 2022.
Other researchers have projected the law will create more than 5 million clean energy jobs over the next decade.
Donald Trump wants to gut the Inflation Reduction Act."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-300000-clean-energy-jobs_n_6679b2a6e4b097620199055e
Joe Biden’s Climate Law Has Created More Than 300,000 Clean Energy Jobs
Jennifer Bendery (HuffPost)CelloMom On Cars •
"Today, my Administration is stopping a 211-mile road from carving up a pristine area that #Alaska Native communities rely on, in addition to steps we are taking to maintain protections on 28 million acres in Alaska from #mining and #drilling," Biden said in a statement. "These natural wonders demand our protection."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-protects-alaska-lands-important-tribes-hunting-fishing-2024-06-28/
CelloMom On Cars •
"The [proposed] rule would require employers to establish a heat safety coordinators, undergo extreme heat safety training, and provide workers with #shade and #water.
It would require a heat acclimatization process for new employees to gradually increase their exposure to high temperatures. Three out of four workers who die of workplace #HeatExposure in the US die during their first week on the job."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/02/biden-extreme-heat-proposaal?utm_source=press.coop
CelloMom On Cars •
The rule is likely to face legal challenges from businesses and lobbying groups that have staunchly opposed such a measure."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/02/biden-extreme-heat-proposaal?utm_source=press.coop
CelloMom On Cars •
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-biden-delivers-remarks-on-administration-rules-for-workplaces-to-address-extreme-heat
"If finalized, the Biden administration’s rule would override state measures" -- I hope that includes FL and TX law banning local laws to protect workers from extreme heat.
WATCH: Biden proposes new rule to protect 36 million workers from potentially deadly heat
PBS NewsCelloMom On Cars •
In participating states, you can get up to 100% (up to $14,000) toward the cost of electrification, efficiency upgrades, or EnergyStar appliances.
Find out if your state participates; if not, ask your state reps to push for participation.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/22/inflation-reduction-act-energy-rebates-may-soon-be-available.html
Thanks to @croselund for the alert!
Consumers may soon get access to a share of $8.8 billion in Inflation Reduction Act home energy rebates
Greg Iacurci (CNBC)CelloMom On Cars •
Wondering what else might be available to help you get climate-friendly appliances, home battery storage, an EV, etc? Here's a cool Incentive Calculator.
https://homes.rewiringamerica.org/calculator
Also check out your local utility for any incentives.
Household electrification incentives calculator from Rewiring America
homes.rewiringamerica.orgCelloMom On Cars •
"The Energy Department will issue grants totaling $1.7 billion to create or retain thousands of #UnionJobs and support auto-based communities that have long driven the U.S. economy, the White House said Thursday. Besides [Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia], grants also will go to EV facilities in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-administration-awards-1-7-billion-in-grants-for-electric-vehicle-manufacturing-in-eight-states
#EV #MadeInUSA
Biden administration awards $1.7 billion in grants for electric vehicle manufacturing in eight states
PBS NewsCelloMom On Cars •
Biden administration unveils plan to wean US government off single-use #plastics
“Because of its purchasing power … the Federal Government has the potential to significantly impact the supply of these products.”
https://www.dailyclimate.org/us-government-ocean-plastic-pollution-2668780871.html
Biden administration unveils plan to wean US government off single-use plastics
Brian Bienkowski (The Daily Climate)CelloMom On Cars •
https://apnews.com/article/epa-climate-pollution-reduction-grants-pennsylvania-2c60575bc2612ae1071fd4d9e13a01f4
CelloMom On Cars •
A list of #WhatBidenDid to undo some of the harmful policies put in place under Trump, making life cleaner and safer for Americans.
https://earthjustice.org/feature/trump-environmental-mess
We’re Still Cleaning Up the Trump Administration’s Environmental Messes - Earthjustice
EarthjusticeCelloMom On Cars •
And in some cases, when Biden has been criticized for not doing enough, it’s because he’s been blocked."
A Harris White House would continue this work, and accelerate it.
"Trump, on the other hand, has strong ties to the fossil fuel industry."
https://www.fastcompany.com/91160799/what-biden-accomplished-on-climate-and-what-kamala-harris-could-do-next
#WhatBidenDid
CelloMom On Cars •
Here is a laundry list of things they accomplished, even in the face of Republican opposition. The list covers many issues voters care about, and a lot of it didn't get much coverage in the mainstream news.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1deNg4_-mW-yIuSyCT7u51R6mB4s4VLuBLilZi42dZRc/
CHALLENGE:
– Go through the list.
– Count how many of these you knew about already.
– If it's less than 60%, share the list, it may be useful to your friends.
Biden-Harris Admin's Accomplishments
Google DocsCelloMom On Cars •
But it should! A lot of exciting stuff.
It's DIY communication now.
Scroll up and down this thread for examples.
"In a separate analysis published in June, the [Yale] researchers surveyed only “pro-climate voters”—those who say that climate change is one of their top issues—and still found that only about half of them are familiar with the #IRA. "
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02082024/todays-climate-election-climate-messaging-issues/
#InflationReductionAct #WhatBidenDid
As the Election Draws Near, Democrats Face a Climate Messaging Conundrum - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate NewsCelloMom On Cars •
On climate, Leah Stokes has quite the list. Worth reading, and sharing.
"The more I learned about her background, the more I found a clear pattern: policy ideas that she championed became central to federal legislation. Our nation’s landmark climate law, which is turning two years old this month, has Harris’s signature all over it."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/05/kamala-harris-landmark-climate-change-law
CelloMom On Cars •
When it comes to protecting people and the planet, Harris has been ahead of her time. After decades of effort, her vision for a cleaner environment has slowly but surely made its way into law."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/05/kamala-harris-landmark-climate-change-law
CelloMom On Cars •
Ask your fave news outlet to start covering it. The nation deserves to know.
CelloMom On Cars •
Homeowners can "recoup up to 30% of the costs of installing rooftop solar panels, battery storage and wind turbines, for example."
Also "up to 30% of the cost of home-efficiency projects, [including] energy-efficient windows and doors, insulation, electric heat pumps, and having a home energy audit to help determine the best projects to undertake."
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/07/american-households-claimed-billions-in-clean-energy-credits-in-2023.html
#WhatBidenDid
Clean energy tax breaks more popular than expected, as U.S. households claimed $8.4 billion in Inflation Reduction Act credits for 2023, officials say
Greg Iacurci (CNBC)CelloMom On Cars •
#WhatBiden did here to cut the cost of living for families is so popular, that
"On Tuesday eighteen House Republicans wrote Speaker Mike Johnson to urge that any GOP efforts to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act should not include repealing the energy tax credits provided by that law."
lmao
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/08/07/2023-energy-tax-credits-IRA/8251723038906/
More than 3.4 million Americans used $8.4 billion in clean energy credits in 2023 - UPI.com
Doug Cunningham (UPI)CelloMom On Cars •
"Since the IRA passed, #Georgia has received $23 billion in clean energy factory investment, much of it flowing to northwest Georgia. I wanted to see what impact this is having on communities formerly hit hard by industrial decline, so I followed the money trail to Dalton earlier this summer.
I found a population that seems to like having advanced #solar manufacturing in their backyard."
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/how-dalton-georgia-went-from-carpet-capital-to-solartown-usa
#WhatBidenDid
How Dalton, Georgia, went from Carpet Capital to Solartown, USA
Canary MediaCelloMom On Cars •
"That more than 190,700 of the #IRA’s clean energy jobs (and more than $286 billion in investment) are in 150 Republican-led districts shows that this bill is impacting “everywhere,” Glass says—even the places where politicians are trying to kill it. Since its passing, House #Republicans have voted 42 times to repeal the clean energy plan."
https://www.fastcompany.com/91173779/republicans-tried-to-repeal-this-climate-bill-42-times-meanwhile-it-has-brought-286-billion-to-their-districts
#InflationReductionAct
CelloMom On Cars •
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-love-biden-inflation-reduction-act-1235081186/
Republicans Love Biden's Inflation Reduction Act
Nikki McCann Ramirez (Rolling Stone)CelloMom On Cars •
By its own standards, the landmark piece of climate legislation was a smashing success."
https://newrepublic.com/article/184910/ira-worked-harris-climate-inflation
Don’t Believe Recent Headlines. The Inflation Reduction Act Worked.
The New RepublicCelloMom On Cars •
Most Americans don't know #WhatBidenDid to fight climate change, and many don't know about the #InflationReductionAct or its success.
"About 4 in 10 registered voters say they’ve heard “nothing at all” about it, according to polling done this spring by Yale University and George Mason University. [But] when people hear about the IRA, they tend to like it."
https://grist.org/politics/inflation-reduction-act-climate-messaging-polling/
Most Americans don’t know the country’s biggest climate law helps the climate
Kate Yoder (Grist)CelloMom On Cars •
The law is undeniably bringing federal money, private investments and jobs into communities around the country overwhelmingly represented by Republicans — and the once-united opposition is fraying."
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/25/republican-fight-inflation-reduction-act-00176223
#IRA #InflationReductionAct
CelloMom On Cars •
Be on the lookout, always fact check before you believe a claim:
Whales die on the Jersey shore from getting run over by ships not from wind parks (which haven't been built yet).
The 2021 Texas power outage was caused by gas infrastructure buckling; meanwhile, wind parks kept running.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/27/the-gop-has-transitioned-from-climate-denial-to-climate-misrepresentation-experts-say/
The GOP has transitioned from climate denial to climate misrepresentation, experts say
Julia Jacobo, ABC News (South Central Illinois' News, Sports and Weather Station)CelloMom On Cars •
U.S. is seeing a boom in clean energy jobs
"The U.S. added 142,000 #CleanEnergy #jobs last year, with employment in the emerging sector growing more than twice as fast as the rest of the energy industry and the economy overall, the Department of Energy said Wednesday in an annual report. Of the more than 250,000 jobs added in the energy sector last year, 56% involved clean energy, the agency found."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clean-energy-jobs-green-employment/
#InflationReductionAct
U.S. is seeing a boom in clean energy jobs
Kate Gibson (CBS News)CelloMom On Cars •
"The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act helped spur a boom in EV and battery factories across the US, sparked major investments in renewable energy and incentivizes other approaches to lowering emissions, such as carbon capture and home energy efficiency."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-28/clean-energy-jobs-grew-at-twice-the-rate-of-us-jobs-overall-in-2023
CelloMom On Cars •
The fate of these areas was previously in flux following a Trump-era effort to open them up to development, including oil and gas extraction."
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30082024/todays-climate-alaska-public-lands-protection-oil/
Another example of how you can see Harris' fingerprints in #WhatBidenDid: this admin listens to the voices of Indigenous people.
28 Million Acres of Alaska Public Lands Protected from Oil Drilling Following Trump-Era Reversal - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate NewsCelloMom On Cars •
https://ncnewsline.com/2024/08/28/bidens-clean-energy-plan-pro-worker-pro-consumer-pro-planet/
#IRA
CelloMom On Cars •
"Individual households are trending above predictions, according to IRS data cited in the report. Four times as many families as expected are taking advantage of the residential tax credits."
https://grist.org/energy/states-not-maximizing-ira-investments/
#WhatBidenDid
States are falling behind in using IRA funding to advance climate action
Syris Valentine (Grist)CelloMom On Cars •
The #InflationReductionAct has tax credits and rebates for buying emissions-reducing goods and services, such as insulation, #HeatPumps, EVs, and more.
Educate yourself on how tax credits and rebates will roll out and what purchases qualify.
Helpful list here:
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/consumer-guide-inflation-reduction-act
A Consumer Guide to the Inflation Reduction Act
www.nrdc.orgCelloMom On Cars •
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/voters-love-this-climate-policy-theyve-never-heard-of/
So: Tell your friends about it, it will make them feel good. Even better when they find out about it can help them upgrade their home or buy an EV. (See list in post above).
Voters love this climate policy they’ve never heard of
Karin Kirk (Yale Climate Connections)CelloMom On Cars •
"President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday said the U.S. will spend $7.3 billion from 2022's Inflation Reduction Act to fund #CleanEnergy projects helmed by #rural electric cooperatives.
The 16 funded projects will reduce energy costs and increase reliability for rural Americans, who tend to pay more for energy, the White House said."
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-spend-73-billion-rural-clean-energy-projects-2024-09-05/
CelloMom On Cars •
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/09/05/biden-to-announce-almost-600m-for-dairyland-power-cooperative-clean-energy-projects/
CelloMom On Cars •
Here's #WhatBidenDid to make it happen.
Do I see Harris' fingerprints.
"The state and national Solar for All programs were created through the #InflationReductionAct to expand access to #SolarEnergy, particularly for families that cannot install solar panels on their own homes, such as renters and those with shaded roofs. Those residents can instead join shared solar sites like the one in Edison and receive credits on their utility bills.
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2024/09/09/nj-solar-energy-program-to-benefit-low-income-residents/75105995007/
New Jersey launches $156 million solar energy program to benefit low-income communities
, North Jersey Media Group (North Jersey Media Group)CelloMom On Cars •
"#RuralElectricCooperatives ... were established by federal charter as a Depression-era economic development plan to electrify impoverished rural areas that were left in the dark by for-profit utilities."
Today, with the help of the USDA Empowering Rural America program, co-ops are going renewables plus battery storage in a big way, as well as introducing agrivoltaics: a double-crop of energy and food.
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/09/09/clean-energy-has-a-secret-weapon-rural-electric-cooperatives/
Clean Energy Has A Secret Weapon Up Its Sleeve
Tina Casey (CleanTechnica)CelloMom On Cars •
Other co-ops in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, and Nebraska received similar federal funding."
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/20/texas-coal-fired-power-plant-conversion-clean-energy/
South Texas coal-fired power plant to switch to clean energy
Juan Salinas II (The Texas Tribune)CelloMom On Cars •
"As #solar energy has established a bigger and bigger presence in #Texas, the industry has become “a bigger and bigger political threat” to a Republican state political consensus still largely built around fossil fuels."
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5157343-solar-industry-texas-energy-dominance-pitch/
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