May 28, 2021
No one should be confused as to the inadequacy of the Republicans’ latest counteroffer on the American Jobs Plan. Sure, it had a top-line number of $928 billion. But as the New York Times explains: “Senate Republicans on Thursday proposed spending less that one seventh of what President Biden has requested in his expansive $1.7 trillion infrastructure initiative, countering with $257 billion in new funding for roads, bridges and other public works.”
President Biden was nevertheless respectful toward Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), the lead Republican negotiator on the infrastructure bill. White House press secretary Jen Psaki in a written statement used the most mild language imaginable in response. After praising Capito’s work, Psaki explained in a written statement:[W]e remain concerned that their plan still provides no substantial new funds for critical job-creating needs, such as fixing our veterans’ hospitals, building modern rail systems, repairing
REMADE Increases Latest Round of Funding to $50M+, With First RFP Deadline A Week Away
Letter of Intent Deadline is June 3 for Proposals that Sustain U.S. Manufacturing and Accelerate the Nation s Transition to a Circular Economy
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ An important first deadline for the REMADE Institute s fifth Request for Proposals now representing more than $50 million investment in the research, development and demonstration of technologies to sustain the nation s manufacturing sector and accelerate the U.S. s transition to a Circular Economy is one week away. Letters of Intent are due by 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 3. Final proposals are due July 15.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has tapped the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, or IACMI – The Composites Institute, to develop and deploy new technologies for manufacturing coal-derived products using coal resources near distressed South Appalachian coal communities.
The $1.5 million grant awarded to IACMI will assist in the development of technologies to extract and produce critical minerals from both coal and coal ash in the South Appalachian Basin of east Tennessee, northwest Georgia and northern Alabama. Production of critical materials essential for clean energy projects, such as electric vehicle batteries, resilient buildings and infrastructure, can create jobs in coal and power plant communities.