New York’s state legislature has just directed the state’s public power provider to build renewable energy projects. The law instructing the New York Power Authority includes language about “environmental justice” and labor that socialists would love—in fact, socialists do love it. The Democratic Socialists of America lobbied for the law and the group is gearing…
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Your Taxes at Work: Is This a Word Salad?
Another Biden administration funding plan: $250 million from the Environmental Protection Agency for climate planning and environmental justice. Writes Michael Brady of Smart Cities Dive: “The CPRG [Climate Pollution Reduction Grants] program aims to help state and local governments develop comprehensive climate plans that reduce climate pollution and maximize benefits, ‘especially for low-income and disadvantaged communities,’…
Environmental Justice Means Having Your Own Solar Panel
The state of Rhode Island will subsidize the construction of solar panels on the houses of low- or moderate-income families. Writes Lesa Prevost in Energy News: “The program will offer affordable leases for solar equipment on homes owned by residents with incomes less than or equal to 80% of the area median income. That’s a…