Solar energy for renters:
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/

Not a lot of voters (39%) know about #WhatBidenDid for the climate through the #InflationReductionAct, but when they hear what the law does, a large majority (74%) like it.

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).

Here's #WhatBidenDid for homeowners:
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

States and businesses take a while to plan and prepare to use the clean tech incentives in the #InflationReductionAct for large projects, while families are more nimble:

"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

Here's #WhatBidenDid for American jobs:

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

"Republicans plotting their party’s post-election policy agenda have a decision to make: What do they do with the Democrats’ 2022 #ClimateLaw, now that its clean energy tax breaks are drawing growing GOP support?

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

Time to talk up the Biden-Harris signature climate law:

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/

"In the two years since its enactment, the #InflationReductionAct has created at least 334,565 new clean energy jobs, and over $372 billion in green energy investments across 47 states. The #IRA is particularly helping out parts of the country represented by Republican lawmakers."

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-love-biden-inflation-reduction-act-1235081186/

#WhatBidenDid for red states:

"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

U.S. households claimed $8.4 billion in #InflationReductionAct credits for 2023

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

Most of the news on #WhatBidenDid for the climate didn't make it out to the voters.
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

"At least 305 major #CleanEnergy projects have been announced in 40 states and Puerto Rico since the IRA passed, Timberlake said, totalling more than $123 billion in capital investments. The Midwest, he added, has received about a quarter of those funds."

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17052024/midwest-clean-energy-manufacturing/

#WhatBidenDid to create American clean-energy #jobs, under the #InflationReductionAct

"The #InflationReductionAct allocates $8.8 billion in total funding for consumers who make their homes more #EnergyEfficient.

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