"Most of the funding, $621 million, will go toward 36 projects aimed at bolstering the resilience of existing infrastructure through things like improving draining, moving roadways, and lifting up bridges.
An additional $119 million will go toward protecting, strengthening, or removing at-risk coastal infrastructure like highways."
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."
The Annular Solar Eclipse this morning was cool to watch here in Tucson, AZ USA, but it did reduce our production of electricity from our solar panels! Note the peak of the Eclipse at 9:30am MST is perfectly shown by the dip to 828 Watts.
Please boost -- Mastofriends, can you point me to a primer on home furnace/AC replacement (PG&E electric, local supplier propane)? In foothills of #NevadaCountyCA, my low temps are 28F a few nights/winter. I need to learn quickly about IRA tax credits and energy-efficient techs. I need conclusions, not deep comprehension. Thanks so much. #energyefficient#HVAC Pic shows the hole in my (now red-tagged) heat exchanger (which served faithfully for possibly 30+ years)
" #EnergyEfficient#buildings, which have a lower carbon footprint during construction and also lower energy needs during operation, are imperative for #India to achieve its own #NetZero goals by 2070. But higher costs of such construction, low awareness and poor planning hinder this progress."
Biden is unveiling the #AmericanClimateCorps, a program with echoes of the New Deal
"The White House on Wednesday unveiled a new climate #jobs training program that it says could put 20,000 people to work in its first year on projects like restoring land, improving communities' resilience to natural disasters and deploying clean energy."
The initiative will provide #JobTraining and service opportunities to work on a wide range of projects that tackle the #ClimateCrisis, e.g. restoring #CoastalWetlands; deploying #CleanEnergy projects such as wind and solar power; managing forests to prevent catastrophic #wildfires; and implementing #EnergyEfficient solutions to cut energy bills for consumers."
Greetings Mastodon! As an introduction, I'm a Naturalist, Conservationist, Birder, Photographer, Audiophile, & Videophile living in an energy efficient, net positive, solar powered home in the Sonoran Desert.