#iija — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #iija, aggregated by home.social.
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Gerade auf #Deutschlandfunk : Die #Zwischentöne mit #Iija #Trojanow und Joachim #Scholl zu #Literatur, #Flucht und #Migration. Und wie menschenfeindlich die aktuelle #Debatte in #Deutschland, besonders um "illegale" Migration ist.
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US spends billions on roads rather than public transport in ‘climate time bomb’
New analysis finds money from Biden’s $1.2tn infrastructure bill has overwhelmingly been spent on widening highways for cars
#climatechange #climatejustice #publictransportation #greenwash #IIJA
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“Since its passage, the #IIJA has announced $400 billion in funding for more than 40,000 projects across the country, including nearly 8,000 bridge projects, 25 passenger #rail projects, 190 airport terminal projects, 445 port and waterway projects, 1,200 drinking and wastewater projects, and over 60 projects dedicated to improving the resilience and reliability of the energy #grid.”
Plus, Biden's #BIL and #IRA
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmichelson2/2023/12/26/2023the-year-of-infrastructure-wins/?sh=24a3028e1f7b -
Kentucky’s state government will be unable to compete for $4.6 billion from the federal government to reduce heat-trapping greenhouse gasses because it is one of only four states that did not apply for up to $3 million to create a #climate action plan through a new grant program.
#EnergyMastodon #EnergyTransition #Kentucky #IRA #InflationReductionAct #IIJA
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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
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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
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@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_pollutionNot sure how fast the #DrinkingWater provisions of the #IIJA are progressing.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240117142413/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/16/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-lead-pipe-and-paint-action-plan/ -
Pollinator-friendly practices is not something I think I have come across before. I am assuming it will have huge ecological effects 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
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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