PART 1, DONE — President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan, $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law Monday.
For a sense of its reach, look at the bill’s cheerleaders: Farmers, automakers, builders, the Sierra Club, unions, the U.S.
NOW, PART 2 — The infrastructure act’s climate spending is dwarfed by measures in Democrats’ budget reconciliation bill, which includes Biden’s Build Back Better, or BBB, agenda.
It’s why the US joined over 100 countries in pledging a 30% reduction in methane emissions by 2030, and it’s why we’re launching the most advanced methane-tracking satellite: MethaneSAT.
The grid: BIF includes $2.5 billion to build and upgrade transmission lines, $3 billion for electric grid flexibility, and $11 billion for resiliency.
EPA has limited power over the waste stream, which is managed by a patchwork of state and local programs, so it remains to be seen how the agency can boost the recycling rate from 32 percent to 50 percent by the end of the decade.
By law, a “critical mineral” is a non-fuel mineral or mineral essential to economic or national security or, importantly, the supply chain.
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The COP president choked back tears, but on the train home, fellow passengers greeted him like a rock star.
Royal Dutch Shell will move its headquarters from The Hague to London, change its name, and simplify its structure as it moves toward becoming a net-zero energy business.
With MethaneSAT in orbit, we’ll be able to find and measure methane emissions virtually anywhere on earth while providing real-time data so policymakers and industry leaders can plug leaks fast.
The Climate Atlas, a new tool developed by the Conservation Lands Foundation and Conservation Science Partners, shows the best options for storing carbon, preventing species loss and protecting biodiversity within the 441 million acres managed by the federal government.
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