The new Advisor organizations will focus on reaching underserved communities which may lack the staff or resources to achieve their solar energy goals. Selected through a competitive application process, SolSmart Advisors provide intensive assistance on solar energy to select communities for up to seven months.
“With their local knowledge and technical expertise, SolSmart Advisors have been essential to the success of this program,” said Theresa Perry, Program Director at the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). “We are very excited to welcome these new Advisors and partners, particularly to help extend the benefits of solar energy to underserved communities.”
SolSmart is led by IREC and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office. The four organizations selected to serve as SolSmart-funded Advisors include:
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Interior secretary urges Biden to fully protect 3 national monuments weakened by Trump
Trump permitted commercial fishing on the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the New England coast, and removed most federal protections there.
By Juliet Eilperin and Joshua PartlowThe Washington Post
Native American tribes are fighting to protect Bears Ears in Utah. Katherine Frey/The Washington Post
WASHINGTON Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has recommended in a confidential report that President Biden restore full protections to three national monuments diminished by President Donald Trump, including Utah’s Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and a huge marine reserve off New England. The move, described by two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it was not yet public, would preserve about 5 million acres of federal land and water.
Haaland recommends restoring original boundaries for Utah s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.