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   Leah Stokes (leahstokes@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 07:44:23 JST Leah Stokes

   The world is still running on fossil fuels. But, if moving away from dirty energy is like rerouting a giant ship, then this could be the year when world leaders started to turn the tanker around.

   Here’s a baker’s dozen of climate wins from 2022! THREAD!?
   https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/25/opinion/gas-prices-crisis-climate-change.html

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     Leah Stokes (leahstokes@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 07:44:17 JST Leah Stokes

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     #4 - California passed a law with $54 billion for climate, including support for electric school buses, heat pumps, public transit, and clean electricity.
     https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/climate/california-lawmakers-climate-legislation.html

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     Leah Stokes (leahstokes@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 07:44:18 JST Leah Stokes

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     #3 - Heat pumps outsold fossil fuel furnaces this year in the United States.

     I think we can officially declare 2022 the breakout year for the humble heat pump!

     Charles Muller repeated this.
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     Leah Stokes (leahstokes@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 07:44:19 JST Leah Stokes

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     #2 - Huge investments into clean technologies are already flowing. Private companies have invested north of $100 billion in EVs, charging infrastructure and solar.

     Hardly a week goes by without another multi-billion-dollar announcement. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/14/fact-sheet-president-bidens-economic-plan-drives-americas-electric-vehicle-manufacturing-boom/

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     Leah Stokes (leahstokes@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 07:44:20 JST Leah Stokes

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     It's now up to the American people to decide how much money the federal government invests in our clean future. If we all get a heat pump, EV + solar panels this decade, we will spend far more than the $370 billion quoted in news articles.

     It could easily top $1 TRILLION!

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     Leah Stokes (leahstokes@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 07:44:21 JST Leah Stokes

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     Much of the funding flows through unlimited tax credits for solar panels to heat pumps to EVs.

     Metaphorically speaking, it’s like we’ve all been given a gift certificate for a discounted heat pump. How much $$$ can you get? Check out @rewiringamerica@twitter.com.
     https://www.rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-calculator

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     Leah Stokes (leahstokes@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 07:44:22 JST Leah Stokes

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     #1 - After more than 3 decades of failed efforts, Democrats passed a federal climate law — really a series of them.

     The biggest one is the Inflation Reduction Act, but there's also CHIPS + last years' bipartisan infrastructure law.
     https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/08/chips-act-climate-bill-biden/671095/