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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
State officials kicked off a $156 million solar energy program with the aim of powering New Jersey's low-income and disadvantaged communities., North Jersey Media Group (North Jersey Media Group)
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
The Inflation Reduction Act funds popular measures such as tax credits for home electrification and electric vehicles, plus investments in clean energy technology and infrastructure.Karin Kirk (Yale Climate Connections)
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
Here’s how to save on electric vehicles, solar panels, heat pumps, and more via tax credits and rebates.www.nrdc.org
"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/
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States are falling behind in using IRA funding to advance climate action
When President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, into law two years ago, a starting gun sounded.Syris Valentine (Grist)
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
The U.S. Department of the Interior reaffirmed protection for wide swaths of Alaska’s land and water, a win for many Alaska Native peoples.Inside Climate News
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/
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U.S. is seeing a boom in clean energy jobs
Hiring across America's green energy sector is surging, a new Department of Energy report shows.Kate Gibson (CBS News)
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
Two years after the Inflation Reduction Act became a law, it's seeing results — but not name recognition.Kate Yoder (Grist)
"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
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"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
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How Dalton, Georgia, went from Carpet Capital to Solartown, USA
This northwest Georgia community got in early on the national boom in cleantech manufacturing spurred by the climate law, and it's reaping the benefits.Canary Media
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
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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
Two tax credits enhanced and extended by the Inflation Reduction Act are more popular than officials projected.Greg Iacurci (CNBC)
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
In 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the single biggest investment in climate action in United States history.Inside Climate News
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
Achievements of the Biden-Harris Administration Links may change over time. New links are being added as news breaks.Google Docs
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
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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
Earthjustice successfully blocked much damage, and we’ve seen progress toward repair under the Biden administration. But we will never recover some of what was lost.Earthjustice
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
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
Home Energy Rebates funding should start flowing to many consumers within months after the Department of Energy approved the first state application.Greg Iacurci (CNBC)
"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
"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/
"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
Donald Trump wants to gut the Inflation Reduction Act, which provides more than $369 billion in clean energy incentives.Jennifer Bendery (HuffPost)
*****"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).
"#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
Clean energy is exploding in the U.S., a trend that's accelerating as $400 billion in Inflation Reduction Act investments boost the industry.Rae Solomon (Marketplace)
"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/
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/
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
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
Bill McKibben has some advice for Joe Biden: Make climate change the centerpiece of your re-election campaign.Steve Hanley (CleanTechnica)
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
Midwestern states have received nearly $30 billion in capital investments from the private sector since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022.Inside Climate News
"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/
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
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“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.
"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
Many Americans see an economic cost to combating climate change.Anthony Salvanto (CBS News)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/22/bernie-sanders-ocasio-cortez-boost-biden-climate-agenda-on-earth-day/73417626007/
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Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez boost Joe Biden's climate agenda on Earth Day
President Joe Biden announces $7 billion in grants to help provide solar power for nearly a million low-income families., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
"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
Those who prioritize climate change feel somewhat unsatisfied — more of them feel Biden has done too little.Jennifer De Pinto (CBS News)
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
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Consumers may soon get access to a share of $8.8 billion in Inflation Reduction Act home energy rebates
Home Energy Rebates funding should start flowing to many consumers within months after the Department of Energy approved the first state application.Greg Iacurci (CNBC)
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/
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"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/
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