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"After Hurricane Ida struck in 2021, the city of New Orleans went dark. The
electric grid failed, spurring calls for more energy independence through
measures like rooftop solar.
On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded the city nearly $50
million to help pay for installing solar on low to middle income homes as part
of a program to cut the country’s climate pollution. The project gives the city
a way to adapt as a changing climate yields stronger hurricanes while also
emitting fewer emissions that cause the planet to warm. The city also plans to
green up underserved areas with trees and build out its lackluster bike lane
system to provide an alternative to cars.
New Orleans’ Deputy Chief Resilience Officer Greg Nichols called the federal
funding “historic.”
"[This,] the City’s largest ever investment in climate action, is a testament
to our collaborative efforts and unwavering dedication to addressing climate
change," he said.
New Orleans was one of 300 applicants, including other municipalities, tribes,
and states, that applied for funds from a $4.3 billion grant program aimed at
encouraging local action to help address human-driven climate change. The EPA
selected 25 projects.
“What this proves is what the president has been very clear about, which is, in
the United States, when we come together, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish,”
said White House Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi. “There are no tons [of greenhouse
gas emissions] too tough to abate. No pollution we have to settle for.”
According to the EPA, the projects will reduce the country’s planet-warming
emissions by almost 1 billion metric tons by 2050 — the equivalent of removing
the average yearly energy use needed for 5 million homes over 25 years.
The more than two dozen projects are spread across 30 states and cover a suite
of initiatives."
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Cheers,
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
