#WhatBidenDid for McFlurry machines:
"Trump announced plans to make sure McDonald’s ice cream machines work again, while the Biden administration actually made it happen."
Also a bunch of other things, like:
"Trump said he’d use Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug costs, while Biden succeeded on the issue."
"Officials from East Kentucky Power Cooperative (#EKPC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture joined Gov. Andy Beshear at the state Capitol Monday morning to tout funding that will build solar installations producing 757 megawatts of electricity and improve transmission infrastructure."
https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/10/28/defining-moment-east-kentucky-power-expanding-solar-with-up-to-1-4-billion-from-feds/
#Kentucky #NewERA #WhatBidenDid
"The Biden administration announced $2 billion in funding for projects to strengthen the resilience of the U.S. #grid against ExtremeWeather, an increasing concern following two consecutive major hurricanes in the Atlantic.
The funding, which will go to 38 projects in 42 states, will be provided through the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program, a $10.5 billion initiative in the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law."
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4941863-biden-admin-funds-grid-resilience/
#WhatBidenDid #ElectricGrid
You know how it's nearly impossible to cancel "trial" subscriptions?
No more.
FTC takes on subscription traps with 'click to cancel' rule
“The rule is an overdue response to a rising number of consumer complaints about situations in which it is "extraordinarily easy to sign up for a subscription, but absurdly difficult to cancel." “
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ftc-takes-subscription-traps-with-click-cancel-rule-2024-10-16/
#WhatBidenDid
#WhatBidenDid for the health of children's lungs:
"Support from the Biden-Harris administration has boosted the already burgeoning #ElectricSchoolBus industry, and those gains should last no matter who wins the election
The idea has broad appeal — as electric school buses can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also cut the output of soot and other pollution that can endanger children’s health."
#WhatBidenDid for cities' climate plans:
"Across the country, local governments are beginning to receive their slice of the billions the #IRA allocated to city-led #climate projects.
[Federal] money typically flows through state governments. The Biden Administration changed that by making cities a key funding recipient of money flowing from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the IRA—two landmark spending laws with big energy and climate provisions."
https://time.com/7086090/climate-change-cities-inflation-reduction-act/
#WhatBidenDid to counter the effects of #ExtremeHeat in cities:
"A lesser-known yet critical component of this legislation is the allocation of $1.5 billion for enhancing urban forestry. This substantial investment, managed by the U.S. Forest Service, is designed to combat urban heat and improve life quality, particularly in underserved neighborhoods."
Solar energy for renters:
Here's #WhatBidenDid to make it happen.
Do I see Harris' fingerprints.
"The state and national Solar for All programs were created through the #InflationReductionAct to expand access to #SolarEnergy, particularly for families that cannot install solar panels on their own homes, such as renters and those with shaded roofs. Those residents can instead join shared solar sites like the one in Edison and receive credits on their utility bills.
Good thing that nearly half of Biden's infrastructure law funds, about $ 175 bn, goes to repairing roads and bridges and other major structures.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/infrastructure-investment-in-the-united-states
You won't see the effects of #WhatBidenDid for road infrastructure until he's out of office, but he did start the repairs by funding them,
Not a lot of voters (39%) know about #WhatBidenDid for the climate through the #InflationReductionAct, but when they hear what the law does, a large majority (74%) like it.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/voters-love-this-climate-policy-theyve-never-heard-of/
So: Tell your friends about it, it will make them feel good. Even better when they find out about it can help them upgrade their home or buy an EV. (See list in post above).
Here's #WhatBidenDid for homeowners:
The #InflationReductionAct has tax credits and rebates for buying emissions-reducing goods and services, such as insulation, #HeatPumps, EVs, and more.
Educate yourself on how tax credits and rebates will roll out and what purchases qualify.
Helpful list here:
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/consumer-guide-inflation-reduction-act
States and businesses take a while to plan and prepare to use the clean tech incentives in the #InflationReductionAct for large projects, while families are more nimble:
"Individual households are trending above predictions, according to IRS data cited in the report. Four times as many families as expected are taking advantage of the residential tax credits."
https://grist.org/energy/states-not-maximizing-ira-investments/
#WhatBidenDid
"After years of review, the U.S. Department of the Interior finalized a decision to retain protections for 28 million acres of public lands in #Alaska.
The fate of these areas was previously in flux following a Trump-era effort to open them up to development, including oil and gas extraction."
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30082024/todays-climate-alaska-public-lands-protection-oil/
Another example of how you can see Harris' fingerprints in #WhatBidenDid: this admin listens to the voices of Indigenous people.
Here's #WhatBidenDid for American jobs:
U.S. is seeing a boom in clean energy jobs
"The U.S. added 142,000 #CleanEnergy #jobs last year, with employment in the emerging sector growing more than twice as fast as the rest of the energy industry and the economy overall, the Department of Energy said Wednesday in an annual report. Of the more than 250,000 jobs added in the energy sector last year, 56% involved clean energy, the agency found."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clean-energy-jobs-green-employment/
#InflationReductionAct
Time to talk up the Biden-Harris signature climate law:
Most Americans don't know #WhatBidenDid to fight climate change, and many don't know about the #InflationReductionAct or its success.
"About 4 in 10 registered voters say they’ve heard “nothing at all” about it, according to polling done this spring by Yale University and George Mason University. [But] when people hear about the IRA, they tend to like it."
https://grist.org/politics/inflation-reduction-act-climate-messaging-polling/
#WhatBidenDid for red states:
"That more than 190,700 of the #IRA’s clean energy jobs (and more than $286 billion in investment) are in 150 Republican-led districts shows that this bill is impacting “everywhere,” Glass says—even the places where politicians are trying to kill it. Since its passing, House #Republicans have voted 42 times to repeal the clean energy plan."
https://www.fastcompany.com/91173779/republicans-tried-to-repeal-this-climate-bill-42-times-meanwhile-it-has-brought-286-billion-to-their-districts
#InflationReductionAct
How #Dalton, Georgia, went from Carpet Capital to Solartown, USA
"Since the IRA passed, #Georgia has received $23 billion in clean energy factory investment, much of it flowing to northwest Georgia. I wanted to see what impact this is having on communities formerly hit hard by industrial decline, so I followed the money trail to Dalton earlier this summer.
I found a population that seems to like having advanced #solar manufacturing in their backyard."
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/how-dalton-georgia-went-from-carpet-capital-to-solartown-usa
#WhatBidenDid
U.S. households claimed $8.4 billion in #InflationReductionAct credits for 2023
Homeowners can "recoup up to 30% of the costs of installing rooftop solar panels, battery storage and wind turbines, for example."
Also "up to 30% of the cost of home-efficiency projects, [including] energy-efficient windows and doors, insulation, electric heat pumps, and having a home energy audit to help determine the best projects to undertake."
Most of the news on #WhatBidenDid for the climate didn't make it out to the voters.
But it should! A lot of exciting stuff.
It's DIY communication now.
Scroll up and down this thread for examples.
"In a separate analysis published in June, the [Yale] researchers surveyed only “pro-climate voters”—those who say that climate change is one of their top issues—and still found that only about half of them are familiar with the #IRA. "
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02082024/todays-climate-election-climate-messaging-issues/
#InflationReductionAct #WhatBidenDid
Although this thread is hashtagged #WhatBidenDid, you can be sure that Harris was part of it all.
Here is a laundry list of things they accomplished, even in the face of Republican opposition. The list covers many issues voters care about, and a lot of it didn't get much coverage in the mainstream news.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1deNg4_-mW-yIuSyCT7u51R6mB4s4VLuBLilZi42dZRc/
CHALLENGE:
– Go through the list.
– Count how many of these you knew about already.
– If it's less than 60%, share the list, it may be useful to your friends.
