President Joe Biden is seeking to cement his climate legacy by allocating billions of dollars to energy and environment-related projects in the remaining months of his presidency.
Biden boosted his administration’s energy-related spending in October and announced several new initiatives after former President Donald Trump said during the campaign that if elected, he would “rescind all unspent funds under the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act,” which could It directly affects the Biden campaign. Climate projects.
The Interior Department on Thursday approved the Vervo Cape geothermal project in Beaver County, Utah, which seeks to expand geothermal energy on public lands.
The Department of Energy also announced nearly $2 billion in funding for 38 clean energy power grid projects, and the administration on Tuesday allocated $428 million for 14 clean energy manufacturing projects in former coal communities.
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In early October, the Biden-Harris administration issued a final rule to replace all lead pipes in the United States within 10 years as part of the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI). In addition to the rule, EPA also announced $2.6 billion in new funding for drinking water infrastructure through the bipartisan Infrastructure Act.
September also saw the launch of several new projects as part of the latest push on the administration’s climate agenda.
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The Department of Energy announced the allocation of $3 billion to produce electric vehicle batteries, while the Department of the Interior will distribute $24 million from the bipartisan infrastructure law to restore land and water by investing in “climate resilience.”
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved an offshore wind turbine in Maryland, the 10th approval for a commercial-scale offshore wind project. Trump has stated that if elected, he would end offshore wind projects “on day one” through executive order, suggesting the energy source is causing environmental harm.
“They destroy everything,” Trump said of wind turbines during an election campaign in New Jersey. “They are terrible, the most expensive energy that has ever existed.” “They’re destroying the environment. They’re killing birds. They’re killing whales.”
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White House deputy chief of staff Natalie Killian told listeners on a press call in October that Biden was “running fast toward the end” to implement his “historic agenda to invest in America.”