(pivotal) The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act #IIJA, the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act #IRA and the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act #CHIPS represent an estimated combined $2.4trn in public and private spending over the next 10y, chart @JPMorganAM

We released new research this week from Georgetown Climate Center and RMI highlighting that it's all up to states to determine whether we can reduce climate pollution from cars and trucks. The most important single step is to stop expanding highways! #InducedDemand

#ClimatePolicy #urbanism #electrification #IIJA #Transportation https://www.georgetownclimate.org/blog/states-in-the-driver-eys-seat.html

Today, @actonclimateUS launched its #ClimateWinsHere map, detailing investments in communities nationwide from @POTUS' Inflation Reduction Act & Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act.

➡️Learn how the #IRA & #IIJA are already at work in your community: https://www.actonclimate.com/cwh-map

Weigh in on the NTIA request for comments on disbursing $2B in #DigitalEquity Funds. Deadline is May 1, 2023 https://www.meritalk.com/articles/ntia-seeks-comments-on-dispersing-over-2b-digital-equity-funds/ #DigitalInclusion #broadband #IIJA

The #California DOT is launching its own Reconnecting Communities program ($149M), partly to provide local match for the federal proposals. Applicants must describe how they would use the funds with and without a federal award. https://buff.ly/3ilqTkd

#IIJA #FederalFunding #Transportation #ReconnectingCommunities #FreewayFighters #Caltrans

@zuzak Yes, #water is bad in many places in USA. See: #EnvironmentalRacism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis#Federal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_racism_in_the_United_States#Water_pollution

Not sure how fast the #DrinkingWater provisions of the #IIJA are progressing.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/16/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-lead-pipe-and-paint-action-plan/

@brion

I set out to write about #solid-state #battery technology, and descended into the rabbit hole of EV-sized energy storage. Lithium-sulfur! #GM's #Ulitum with less cobalt! Batteries with silicon where the graphite used to be!

It's a veritable battery bonanza. And both the #IRA and #IIJA are shaping the industry in ways no one really understands yet.

Thanks to editor Elizabeth Royte for helping me make sense of it all.

For @YaleE360

https://e360.yale.edu/features/alternate-ev-battery-technology

"...Commerce Department chose a path that could jeopardize the solar industry’s ability to hire more workers and construct the clean energy projects needed to meet our country’s climate goals."

#EnergyMastodon #Solar #Tariff #China #IRA #IIJA

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/ruling-in-auxin-trade-case-revives-tariff-threat-for-us-solar-industry

Pollinator-friendly practices is not something I think I have come across before. I am assuming it will have huge ecological affects given the wide geographical coverage of the surface transport network. From the #IIJA:

23 USC § 403 Pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/23/332

I want better Internet service that is extremely cheap and preferably free, both in beer and freedom. So this seems on point. #ForReasons

What Is the FCC’s New Broadband Map and Why Does it Matter?
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2022/11/18/what-is-the-fccs-new-broadband-map-and-why-does-it-matter

https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/
https://www.usaspending.gov/federal_account/013-0562

#IIJA #BEAD #investment

Enel to build as much as 6 GW US Cell Manufacturing Capacity by 2024.

The company is looking at potential sites from the Great Lakes to Texas, giving priority to locations where it can move fast to set up operations. Enel hopes to make a decision on where to build by the end of the year and start manufacturing panels and cells by the end of 2024.

#EnergyMastodon #EnergyTwitter #Solar #IRA #IIJA

https://www.wsj.com/articles/enel-to-build-massive-solar-panel-factory-in-u-s-11668657986