What Biden s Infrastructure Plan Means For Rivers
By Matt Young
This past week President Biden unveiled his American Jobs Plan, proposing a nearly $2.3 trillion investment in our national infrastructure. Does this bold plan do enough for rivers?
This past week President Biden unveiled his American Jobs Plan, proposing a nearly $2.3 trillion investment in our national infrastructure. A game-changing investment of this size in modernizing our infrastructure and fighting the effects of climate change is a necessary step, but the question remains, does this bold plan do enough for rivers?
Last year we wrote the
Rivers as Economic Engines report, which identifies a $500 billion need over the next 10 years in order to properly support for our waters. This includes investing $200 billion for improving water infrastructure, $200 billion for modernizing flood managements, and $100 billion for restoring watersheds in our community. President Biden exemplifies his own commitment to our na
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Apr 08, 2021 Clean water projects in Glens Falls and Alexandria were approved for short-term, interest-free financing and grants.
Glens Falls will be receiving support to improve pump station capacity. In the Town of Alexandria, which includes Alexandria Bay, in Jefferson County, funding will help with the planning, design, and construction of a new sewer extension.
In total, the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation Board of Directors approved $48.9 million for clean water and drinking water infrastructure across the state during their meeting on Thursday.
The funds come from the state s Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds and other grant programs.
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Electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries feature prominently in US President Joe Biden’s $2-trillion plan to rebuild the country s infrastructure and economy.
“The American Jobs Plan is an investment in America that will create millions of good jobs, rebuild our country’s infrastructure, and position the US to out-compete China,” the White House statement reads.
The proposed American Jobs Plan allots $621 billion to reshape the transportation infrastructure of the country, and an investment of $174 billion has been earmarked for the EV market alone.
The $174-billion investment in the EV market “would enable automakers to spur domestic supply chains from raw materials to parts and support American workers to make batteries and EVs,” said David Eaton, director of government relations at Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI).
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A week ago, President Joe Biden proposed a welcome proposal that includes $111 billion investment in water infrastructure. It would fund strong measures to protect millions of Americans from water contaminated by lead, other toxic chemicals and pathogens. The package would create a bevy of new living wage jobs while protecting our health. Congress should take prompt action to move these priorities forward.
Investing in water infrastructure is investing in equity. As we have learned from our studies and from communities we’ve worked in, including Flint, Michigan; Newark, Ohio; Pittsburgh and other cities, those left behind by disinvestment in water infrastructure are disproportionately low-income communities of color. Disadvantaged rural and tribal communities also are at serious risk. Families in these communities often must live every day with seriously contaminated water or no water at all, have lead service lines and sometimes have raw sewage flowing in their