Assisting Coal and Power Plant CommunitiesAs part of the Biden administration’s ongoing commitment to energy workers, an online system has been launched tomatch $45 billion in investment opportunities with local economic revitalization programs. |
Ordering The Federal Government To Go GreenPresident Biden signed an executive order requiring the federal government to reduce emissions from its buildings,vehicles and operations. With it, the administration seeks to transform how thegovernment builds, purchases and operates while supportingthe growth of the domestic clean energy and clean technologyindustries. President Lonnie Stephenson cheered the Dec. 8 announcement. |
Administration Delivers on the Infrastructure PromiseModernizing the electric grid. Decarbonizing transportation. Investing in the future. Good job opportunities for Americans. |
IBEW AT WHITE HOUSE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BILL SIGNINGWith the stroke of the pen, alongside more than 10 IBEW members and a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House on Nov. 15, President Biden made official one of the biggest infrastructure investments in U.S. history.
Its size and scope ensures that it will rebuild both the country’s weakened infrastructure and the middle class. Touching nearly every sector of the U.S. economy, the bill was touted on a level comparable to the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the late 19th century and the interstate highway system in the 1950s.
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