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   CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 03:44:51 JST CelloMom On Cars

   We’re Still Cleaning Up the Trump Administration’s Environmental Messes

   A list of #WhatBidenDid to undo some of the harmful policies put in place under Trump, making life cleaner and safer for Americans.

   https://earthjustice.org/feature/trump-environmental-mess

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 03:44:51 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "President #Biden has taken more action on #ClimateChange than any president in history—though many voters don’t realize that.

     And in some cases, when Biden has been criticized for not doing enough, it’s because he’s been blocked."

     A Harris White House would continue this work, and accelerate it.
     "Trump, on the other hand, has strong ties to the fossil fuel industry."

     https://www.fastcompany.com/91160799/what-biden-accomplished-on-climate-and-what-kamala-harris-could-do-next
     #WhatBidenDid

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     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.

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     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

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 21:03:13 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "Don’t Believe Recent Headlines. The Inflation Reduction Act Worked.
     By its own standards, the landmark piece of climate legislation was a smashing success."

     https://newrepublic.com/article/184910/ira-worked-harris-climate-inflation

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 21:03:14 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     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

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 21:03:14 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     #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

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     "In the two years since its enactment, the #InflationReductionAct has created at least 334,565 new clean energy jobs, and over $372 billion in green energy investments across 47 states. The #IRA is particularly helping out parts of the country represented by Republican lawmakers."

     https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-love-biden-inflation-reduction-act-1235081186/

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 21:03:15 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "The water investments in the bipartisan package were also Harris’ ideas. She was the lead author on [a law] that would replace #LeadPipes. Today, $15bn is being spent on this effort across the country, and the Biden-Harris administration is on track to replace 1.7m lead pipes.

     When it comes to protecting people and the planet, Harris has been ahead of her time. After decades of effort, her vision for a cleaner environment has slowly but surely made its way into law."

     https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/05/kamala-harris-landmark-climate-change-law

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 21:03:15 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     Besides taking steps to safeguard the climate, #KamalaHarris has a long list of accomplishments, and most of it is unsung.

     Ask your fave news outlet to start covering it. The nation deserves to know.

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 21:03:15 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     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."

     https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/07/american-households-claimed-billions-in-clean-energy-credits-in-2023.html

     #WhatBidenDid

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     "More than 3.4 million Americans benefitted from $8.4 billion in clean energy tax credits in 2023."

     #WhatBiden did here to cut the cost of living for families is so popular, that
     "On Tuesday eighteen House Republicans wrote Speaker Mike Johnson to urge that any GOP efforts to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act should not include repealing the energy tax credits provided by that law."

     lmao

     https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/08/07/2023-energy-tax-credits-IRA/8251723038906/

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 21:03:16 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     What did #Harris ever do for us?
     On climate, Leah Stokes has quite the list. Worth reading, and sharing.

     "The more I learned about her background, the more I found a clear pattern: policy ideas that she championed became central to federal legislation. Our nation’s landmark climate law, which is turning two years old this month, has Harris’s signature all over it."

     https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/05/kamala-harris-landmark-climate-change-law

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 21:03:40 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     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/