Biden-Harris Admin Announces $428M for Former Coal Communities to Expand Clean Energy Manufacturing

[Think. Again.]

By: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
Published: October 22, 2024
Edited by Chris McDermott

Full original article: https://www.ecowatch.com/doe-clean-energy-manufacturing-grants-former-coal-communities.html

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Tuesday $428 million in grant funding for the building and expansion of green energy manufacturing in communities where coal mines have recently been decommissioned.

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“These are communities that powered America for literally decades, and this administration, the Biden-Harris administration, believes they’re exactly the right folks in the right communities to lead the clean energy transition for decades to come,” David Turk, deputy U.S. energy secretary, told reporters during a call, as Reuters reported.

The projects span a dozen states — including West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Texas and Utah — and will leverage more than $500 million in investments by the private sector, while creating 1,900-plus jobs.

“These investments from the Biden-Harris Administration – catalyzing even more in private sector investment – will lift up these energy communities by creating good-paying union jobs, enhancing our supply chains,” said Ali Zaidi, White House national climate advisor, in the press release.

[Earthrise]

1. We need to change the term for the President to 6 years -

It takes time to see the effects of good policy. Inflation is down, new manufacturing plants are being built, long-needed Infrastructure work is now happening all over, 70% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Unions, caps for med s for seniors go into effect in 2025… If Biden-Harris had had six years, the massive amount of good work they’ve done would be more apparent and that would help Harris.