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The Moratorium is over: How to reconnect utilities disconnected in Tallahassee Photo: MGN and last updated 2021-04-29 10:39:12-04 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — After more than a year of halting utility disconnections, Tallahassee families are at risk of getting their power turned off again as the City of Tallahassees utility disconnection grace period has ended. The City of Tallahassee says it wont disconnect every home with an outstanding bill immediately. Instead, they...

How the American Jobs Plan Delivers Climate Action April 26, 2021, 1:05 pm In his announcement on April 22, President Joseph Biden committed the United States to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions to 50 percent to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. This is the pace of reduction needed globally to stabilize global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, and in fulfilling this ambitious climate pledge, the United States will lead in ways the whole world can follow. Our ability to meet this goal ove...

The White House White House Releases Initial Report Detailing Existing Resources for Energy Communities Department of Energy Announces $109.5 Million to Support Energy Jobs, Executive Director to Spearhead Interagency Efforts Today, theWhite House Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization released a report that was delivered to President Biden and included the initial recommendations from the Interagency Working Group to catalyze economic revital...

White House Releases Initial Report Detailing Existing Resources for Energy Communities Department of Energy Announces $109.5 Million to Support Energy Jobs, Executive Director to Spearhead Interagency Efforts Today, theWhite House Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization released a report that was delivered to President Biden and included the initial recommendations from the Interagency Working Group  to catalyze economic revitalization, create...

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Clean energy is a growing economic engine for rural communities across the United States.   The sector — which includes jobs in renewable energy generation, energy efficiency, advanced electric grid development, clean fuels and clean vehicles — employed approximately 360,000 workers in rural counties as of 2019, accounting for as much as 10% of total employment or more in some counties. The sector has also experienced rapid growth in recent years, and with federal investmen...

The White House released state-by-state fact sheets that highlight the urgent need in every state across the country for the investments proposed by the American Jobs Plan. The fact sheets highlight the number of bridges and miles of road in each state in poor condition, the percentage of households without access to broadband, the billions of dollars required for water infrastructure, among other infrastructure needs. Louisiana’s infrastructure received a D+ grade on its Infrastructure Re...

The White House unveiled their $2.2trillion infrastructure plan in March    But it has been criticized by Republicans who have now started to work on their own - at a third of the cost of Bidens plan The Republican plan is set to include broadband funding, which is in Bidens plan Its not clear what else will be different about the GOPs plan other than scope One GOP member is also suggesting splitting infrastructure into multiple bills  Members of the GOP hope to present it by the time the M...

Colorado lawmakers are making progress on bills designed to help stimulate the state’s economy and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic more quickly. Lawmakers are working on two dozen measures that would allocate about $800 million into various things designed to help businesses and displaced workers more quickly get back to work, schools to get back to in-class instruction, rural and agricultural areas to stabilize their economies, and numerous infrastructure projects dealing with such thi...

by John Haughey, The Center Square contributor  | April 13, 2021 03:00 PM Print this article South Carolina needs to invest $6 billion in drinking water infrastructure and 745 bridges and more than 3,780 miles of highway “in poor condition,” but the state has “outsized potential for innovative energy technologies including carbon capture and sequestration and geothermal energy generation, that create good paying union jobs.” That is an assessment of S...