USDA Strikes Again: $6 Billion For Rural Clean Energy Projects

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:29:16 +0000

A new $6 billion round of clean energy funding will benefit rural communities in about two dozen US states, unless the incoming Trump administration figures out a way to stop it.

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USDA Funds Renewable Energy Project In Rural Texas

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 19:09:40 +0000

47 counties in southern Texas will soon be getting their electricity from renewable energy plus storage thanks to USDA funding.

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Texas Coal Plant Will Convert to Solar Plus Storage with Help of Fed Funding

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:51:31 +0000

San Miguel Electric Cooperative Inc. (SMECI), a not-for-profit generation and transmission rural electric cooperative located in Atascosa County, Texas, was awarded more than $1.4 billion through the U.S. Department of […]

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Truth In Food Labeling Would Reveal Hidden Harms To Biodiversity, Including Humans

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 14:58:55 +0000

Should we let businesses that contaminate community water systems write their own rules for what counts as unhealthy? Should we allow factories to spew dangerous emissions into the air? Should we turn our backs when employers force workers to endure dangerous conditions? Of course not. We want to protect each … [continued]

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