Funds will be targeted at disadvantaged areas to create 200,000 jobs, after last weekās oil and gas lease restrictions in Alaska
Joe Biden will mark Mondayās Earth Day by announcing a $7bn investment in solar energy projects nationwide, focusing on disadvantaged communities, and unveiling a week-long series of what the White House say will be āhistoric climate actionsā.
The president is traveling to Virginiaās Prince William Forest Park to deliver a speech touting his environmental record, including measures to tackle the climate crisis and increase access to, and lower costs of, clean energy.
Todayās centerpiece is the announcement of $7bn in grants through the Environmental Protection Agencyās āsolar for allā program, funded by last yearās $369bnĀ bipartisan Inflation Reduction Act, which the Biden administration says benefits more than 900,000 households.
The money will be targeted at low-income and disadvantaged areas, government officials say, and distributed through āstates, territories, tribes, municipalities and non-profits across the countryā.
There as no editorializing on my part in my response. I didnāt assign any motives or blame to their incorrect statement. I only posted that it was untrue (intentionally or not) and cited the source.
Iām sorry, I thought I was replying to @givesomefucks@lemmy.world.
Heās right in that we shouldnāt just search for justifications, Trumpist style.