The Biden administration will need to build on these gains
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A few days before Christmas, the US Congress passed a major $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill, pared with a $1.4 trillion federal spending package. The main items that made the headlines were $600 checks to Americans, federal unemployment benefits, and funding for small businesses, school systems, public transit, and vaccine distribution.
Flying beneath the radar in the year-end legislation were a variety of energy- and climate-related provisions that together arguably made up one of the most significant actions on climate in years, at least from Congress.
The bill included an extension of the federal solar investment tax credit for two years at the 26 percent level, instead of dropping down to 22 percent in 2021 and 10 percent in 2022, as had been planned. Federal tax credits for wind were extended for one year, and offshore wind was made eligible for the first time, within a window lasting un
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced on Dec. 21 that his bipartisan, bicameral Energy Act of 2020 has been
COLUMBIA - Some locals are wondering how they are going to pay their utility bills. With temperatures dropping below freezing, the costs of utilities increase.
The Missouri Public Service Commission states that from November 1 to March 31 customers are to not be disconnected under certain conditions from their natural gas and electric utilities.
Those who qualify for the Cold Weather Rule are placed on a lenient payment term to avoid their utilities from being shut off.
Programs such as CMCA s Weatherization Assistance Program helps low-income families save money by helping them conserve energy during the winter months. Central Missouri Community Action also provides an Energy Assistance Program that assists families with their energy costs.
Dec 31, 2020
Of all the jobs to have in 2020, sportswriter was a relatively easy one. It’s far from what anyone could reasonably consider essential, and it comes with the luxury of being able to choose a desk, a couch or a bed as the day’s office. Inexplicably, even during the dark days of the spring and early summer when there were no major sports happening in North America, writing a daily sports column managed to not be impossible.
I spent the last few weeks of the year going back through every Hot Clicks of 2020 to pick out my 100 favorite items. (Boy, was it weird to relive the pandemic that way.) Though this was undoubtedly the worst year to be online, I still had no trouble finding a long list of things to feature here. Whittling it down to 100 proved difficult.
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The US$900 billion COVID-19 relief/stimulus package passed by Congress and signed by the President on December 27 includes sweeping energy provisions that constitute the most significant energy legislation passed by Congress in more than a decade. Among the energy-related provisions that were added to the massive package assembled by Congress in the last days of the 116th Congress are:
The Energy Act of 2020 and the Energy for the Environment Act together authorize approximately US$35 billion of federal spending on energy innovation and related initiatives. Provisions in the bill include: