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New federal funding for green-energy projects from President Joe Biden's landmark 2022 Inflation Reduction Act is worth an estimated $370bln

With concerns already high about drying water resources, recent storms and floods in the state have spurred fresh debate about whether a decades-old adaptation strategy - capturing and storing rain and snowmelt - could provide a sustainable solution in California, and across the nation

Such debates are happening across the country, bolstered by the COVID-19 pandemic moving key services such as healthcare, grocery shopping and government processes online, and now by preparations for a massive federal program to close the digital divide. About a fifth of the country lacks internet access, particularly in poor, rural and Native American communities, according to public records.

"Before doing this job, I never realized how much stuff people would throw away - and how valuable things are,” Torres said. RISING REVENUES FROM REUSE The U.S. produced about 600 million tons of construction and demolition debris in 2018, more than twice its municipal solid waste, according to the most recent data from the Environmental Protection Agency. Nearly two-thirds of building waste went straight to landfills.

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