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The Energize Delaware Residential Energy Efficiency Loan Program (REELP) has reached the milestone of granting over $1 million in loans to Delaware homeowners. The Residential Energy Efficiency Loan Program provides low-interest loans to credit-qualified Delaware homeowners of a single-family o

Existential threat that it is. >> that we are facing a climate crisis. it represents an existential threat to who we are as human beings. >> tucker: i mean, maybe climate change is an existential threat. im certainly open-minded. but if it is, then why do number of the democratic responses seem very serious? none of them include, for example, ceasing to fly on private aircraft, which every single one of those people does all the time. instead their proposals entail making them more powerful, shu...

>> is there at five under dollar tax credit for painting your roof white? >> steve doocy has taken the lead run by the energy star program because whites reflects light. >> can you deduct up to $500 to make your just be more energy efficient? you got that right. number four, in one state you can get a $3,000 tax deduction for an exceptional tree. in your yard. >> nobody could make this up >> the gentleman have that.

>> is there at five under dollar tax credit for painting your roof white? >> steve doocy has taken the lead run by the energy star program because whites reflects light. >> can you deduct up to $500 to make your just be more energy efficient? you got that right. number four, in one state you can get a $3,000 tax deduction for an exceptional tree. in your yard. >> nobody could make this up >> the gentleman have that.

>> question number two, is there a $500 tax credit for painting your roof white? is that real or fake? >> where? >> anywhere? >> top of your house? >> steve doocy has just taken the lead. that is real. >> it is run by the energy star program. white reflects light. >> thank you. >> thats why i have a cold place. >> can you deduct up to $500 to make your jet ski more energy efficient. is that real or fake? >> congratulations. you all got that one right. question number four. in one state you can g...

Where you can get a tax rebate if you get a new water heater. if you insulate the attic, that kind of thing, ok? sounds good. but will that really create new jobs? probably not. will it save that much energy? maybe but these systems have been in place for years and years and years, hasnt made that much of a difference. its a political move, spread the money around, $6 billion. chuck it out there, see what happens. >> you know, with the cash for clunkers program, that -- as you said, a lot of sou...

Stimulus package to weather rise homes and create jobs has only retrofitted a fraction of houses and created far fewer construction jobs than expected. the associated press reports only 30,250 homes have been retrofitted. about 5% of the overall goal. and the project has fallen well short of creating 87,000 jobs as promised. in california, it has created 84 jobs. weatherized 12 homes. in alaska, wyoming, the district of columbia the program has yet to produce a single job or retrofit one home. e...

Program funded by last years stimulus package to weather rise homes and create jobs has only retrofitted a fraction of houses and created far fewer construction jobs than expected. the associated press reports only 30,250 homes have been retrofitted. about 5% of the overall goal. and the project has fallen well short of creating 87,000 jobs as promised. in california, it has created 84 jobs. weatherized 12 homes. in alaska, wyoming, the district of columbia the program has yet to produce a singl...

Our homes and buildings. think about that. all of us know that we use a lot of gas in our cars. but in terms of energy usage, 40% of it goes to our homes and our buildings. so, as were looking for additional initiatives to spur hiring, i think we ought to embrace whats happening on this campus. i think we ought to continue to embrace the incredible potential that awaits us across america in clean energy. so, in my state of the union address, i called on congress to pass a set of initiatives for ...

Microwave. the energy star program was created to promote energy efficiency by letting consumers know which appliances, which electronics, would save electricity, and therefore, would save them money over time. the program im describing today applies this concept, not to the appliances, but to the home itself, and it takes it further. so, were going to call it home star, just to make it easy to remember. all right? heres -- heres -- heres how it would work. wed identify the kinds of building sup...