Meeting with Governors on 2021 Wildfires
The President and The Vice President meet with Governors to discuss ongoing efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, and hear firsthand about the ongoing impacts of the 2021 wildfire season, which are growing more severe.
From CNN:The virtual meeting will last an hour with governors whose states are experiencing wildfires and drought: Govs. Greg Gianforte of Montana, Jay Inslee of Washington, Gavin Newsom of California, Brad Little of Idaho, Kate Brown of Oregon, Tim Walz of Minnesota and Mark Gordon of Wyoming.Biden and Harris will discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness, mitigation and response efforts, and will hear how an early and severe wildfire season is impacting residents and land in the states. The group is also expected to discuss funding and investing in wildland firefighters, including increasing pay for federal firefighters who are battling blazes, and extending hiring for temporary firefighters.
The White House on Friday will also announce two new interagency working groups pointed at the impact wildfires and extreme heat. Biden’s National Climate Task force, which is chaired by National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, will announce a Wildfire Resilience Interagency Working Group, and an Extreme Heat Interagency Working Group.
The Wildfire Resilience Interagency Group will be chaired by US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, while the Extreme Heat Interagency Working Group will be chaired by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Dr. Richard Spinrad, and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan. There are 82 large fires burning in the West this week. Around 3.4 million acres have been burned in wildfires so far this year.
Go Bigger! - Green New Deal Network Press Event
Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, House Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Debbie Dingell, Rep. Juan Vargas, Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Rep. Peter Welch, Rep. Seth Moulton, Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. Andy Levin and other members of Congress will join Green New Deal Network organizational principals, community leaders, and allies to push for Congress to “Go Bigger to Meet the Need” on climate, jobs, and justice.
“We are concerned that a $3.5 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan will not sufficiently tackle challenges, from extreme weather disasters to access to public transit and dignified care employment. After the Senate budget committee announced its proposal on July 13, eyes have turned to the House, which is developing its own approach, with an opportunity to go bigger to ensure the level of investment meets the need.”
Where: Union Square, (area 15 of US Capitol), 3rd Street NW b/w Constitution and Independence Avenues, Washington, DC, 89801
Other speakers include- Natalia Salgado, Working Families Party
- Keya Chatterjee, US Climate Action Network
- Ramon Cruz, Sierra Club
- Andy Kunz, US High Speed Rail Association
- Rahna Epting, MoveOn.org
- Ebony Martin, Greenpeace
- Lauren Manus, Sunrise Movement
- Basav Sen, Climate Justice Alliance
- Tashima Hawkins, American Federation of Teachers
- Ofelia Sanchez, Central Florida Jobs with Justice
Democratic Climate Groups Release $10 Million Clean-Energy Jobs Ad Campaign
The Democratic Party-aligned organizations Climate Power and the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) have begun a $10 million spend on television spots to promote the Biden infrastructure plan with a clean-energy jobs message. This effort is part of a broader $28 million “Great American Build” campaign.
The new ads are airing on national cable and the Washington D.C. market, as well as the local markets of 23 congressional swing districts held by Democrats.
Climate Power is a joint effort of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, League of Conservation Voters, and the Sierra Club, with an advisory board of Democratic and environmentalist luminaries.
Four states:- Arizona (Kelly and Sinema)
- Georgia (Ossoff and Warnock)
- New Hampshire (Hassan and Shaheen)
- Nevada (Cortez Masto and Rosen)
- AZ-01 (O’Halleran)
- GA-06 (McBath)
- GA-07 (Bourdeaux)
- IA-03 (Axne)
- IL-14 (Underwood)
- KS-03 (Davids)
- ME-02 (Golden)
- MI-08 (Slotkin)
- MI-11 (Stevens)
- MN-02 (Craig)
- NH-01 (Pappas)
- NJ-03 (Kim)
- NJ-07 (Malinowski)
- NJ-11 (Sherrill)
- NV-03 (Lee)
- NV-04 (Horsford)
- NY-19 (Delgado)
- OR-04 (DeFazio)
- PA-07 (Wild)
- PA-08 (Cartwright)
- VA-02 (Luria)
- VA-07 (Spanberger)
- WI-03 (Kind)
J30: Climate Protest at the White House
On June 30th, we are calling on climate activists to join us at the White House to demand President Biden act now to stop dirty fossil fuel projects in all our communities, from Line 3 to the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and beyond, and call on Congress to prioritize climate justice, racial justice, Indigenous rights, housing justice and transit justice in the infrastructure discussions.
While fires rage out west and storms threaten the Gulf, President Biden is busy meeting with Republicans and failing us all on climate. If he wants to be a climate champion, time is running out, just as it is running out for our communities. There is no room for compromise when it comes to the very survival of our planet.
Please join us on June 30th to be a part of the movement that changes the trajectory of this administration so that the White House stands up for the rights of our communities instead of doing the bidding of corporate polluters.
Our demands for President Biden are simple and clear:
PROTECT PEOPLE, NOT POLLUTERS.
Use your executive authority to stop approving fossil fuel projects and declare a climate emergency. Fossil fuel pipelines, infrastructure, exports, and leases fuel the climate emergency, pollute in Black & Brown communities, and violate treaty rights. Act now to end the era of fossil fuel production, protect our communities, and Build Back Fossil Free.
PASS A CLIMATE JUSTICE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
Use your bully pulpit to make sure Congress includes strong climate, Indigenous rights, housing justice, racial justice, and transit justice commitments in an infrastructure bill. Build on the Thrive Agenda, to build a climate care economy, good jobs for all, an end to fossil fuel subsidies and a renewable energy standard!
Led by Indigenous Environmental Network and ShutDownDC, with many partner organizations.
Manchin Announces His Plan to Cede Control of Senate to "100% Wrong" Mitch McConnell
Over the weekend, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) embraced the Republican filibuster, giving Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) veto power over all future legislation.
Manchin, the chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, penned an essay in the Charleston Gazette-Mail unequivocally stating, “I will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster.”
Current Senate rules require 60 votes to overcome the filibuster, which gives Republicans veto power in the 50-50 Senate. In May, McConnell announced that “One-hundred percent of our focus is on stopping this new administration.”
In an interview with Fox News’s Chris Wallace on Sunday, Manchin sharply criticized McConnell’s partisan obstruction: “I think he’s 100% wrong in trying to block all the good things that we’re trying to do for America.”
In his essay, Manchin repeatedly invoked the possibility of bipartisanship as his justification for rejecting legislation such as the voting-rights For the People Act (H.R. 1).
However, Manchin also admitted there are only seven Republicans, not ten, that are willing to even potentially break with Mitch McConnell or Donald Trump.Are the very Republican senators who voted to impeach Trump because of actions that led to an attack on our democracy unwilling to support actions to strengthen our democracy
Manchin’s low threshhold for bipartisanship – opposing Trump’s incitement of insurrection that led to an assault on the Senate chambers – was met by only seven Republicans. The vote required a 2/3 majority to convict Trump, but failed 57-43.
Manchin said to Wallace he’s aware of the numbers: “[W]e have seven brave Republicans that continue to vote for what they know is right and the facts as they see them, not worrying about the political consequences.”
He has not explained how 57 votes is sufficient to break a filibuster, since it’s not.
To wit: at the end of May, McConnell and 34 other Republicans successfully filibustered the legislation to create a bipartisan committee to investigate the attack on our democracy.
Leaders to Leaders Summit on Climate: Day 2
President Biden invited 40 world leaders to the Leaders Summit on Climate he will host on April 22 and 23. The virtual Leaders Summit will be live streamed for public viewing.
8:00 a.m.–Session 4
Unleashing Climate Innovation
This session will highlight the critical role of technological innovation in achieving a net-zero, climate-resilient economy; the importance of accelerating public and private investment in climate innovation; and the enormous economic opportunities in building the industries of the future.
U.S. Participants:- Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm
- Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo
- Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
- Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Denmark
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
- President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya
- Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway
- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore
- Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, United Arab Emirates
- Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
- Anna Borg, President and CEO, Vattenfall
- Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Danielle Merfeld, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, GE Renewable Energy
- Audrey Zibelman, Vice President, X
9:15 a.m.–Session 5
The Economic Opportunities of Climate Action
This session will highlight the broad economic benefits of climate action, with a strong focus on job creation. It will explore the economic benefits of green recovery and long-term decarbonization and the importance of ensuring that all communities and workers benefit from the clean-energy transition.
U.S. Participants:- Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
- United States Trade Representative Katherine C. Tai
- National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy
- President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria
- President Andrzej Duda, Poland
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain
- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam
- Jack Allen, CEO, Proterra
- Roxanne Brown, International Vice President at Large, United Steelworkers
- Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union
- Brett Isaac, CEO, Navajo Power
- Erica Mackie, CEO, Grid Alternatives
- Nthabiseng Mosia, Co-Founder and CCO, Easy Solar
- George Oliver, Chairman and CEO, Johnson Controls International; Chair, Business Roundtable Energy and Environment Committee
- Lonnie R. Stephenson, President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Michael Bloomberg, U.N. Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions
- Bill Gates, Founder, Breakthrough Energy
- Brenda Mallory, Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality
- Peggy Shepard, Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice; Co-Chair, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council
Leaders to Leaders Summit on Climate: Day 1
President Biden invited 40 world leaders to the Leaders Summit on Climate he will host on April 22 and April 23. The virtual Leaders Summit will be live streamed for public viewing.
The Leaders Summit on Climate will underscore the urgency – and the economic benefits – of stronger climate action. It will be a key milestone on the road to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) this November in Glasgow.
In recent years, scientists have underscored the need to limit planetary warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius in order to stave off the worst impacts of climate change. A key goal of both the Leaders Summit and COP26 will be to catalyze efforts that keep that 1.5-degree goal within reach. The Summit will also highlight examples of how enhanced climate ambition will create good paying jobs, advance innovative technologies, and help vulnerable countries adapt to climate impacts.
By the time of the Summit, the United States will announce an ambitious 2030 emissions target as its new Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement. In his invitation, the President urged leaders to use the Summit as an opportunity to outline how their countries also will contribute to stronger climate ambition.
The Summit will reconvene the U.S.-led Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, which brings together 17 countries responsible for approximately 80 percent of global emissions and global GDP. The President also invited the heads of other countries that are demonstrating strong climate leadership, are especially vulnerable to climate impacts, or are charting innovative pathways to a net-zero economy. A small number of business and civil society leaders will also participate in the Summit.
Key themes of the Summit will include:
- Galvanizing efforts by the world’s major economies to reduce emissions during this critical decade to keep a limit to warming of 1.5 degree Celsius within reach. Mobilizing public and private sector finance to drive the net-zero transition and to help vulnerable countries cope with climate impacts.
- The economic benefits of climate action, with a strong emphasis on job creation, and the importance of ensuring all communities and workers benefit from the transition to a new clean energy economy.
- Spurring transformational technologies that can help reduce emissions and adapt to climate change, while also creating enormous new economic opportunities and building the industries of the future.
- Showcasing subnational and non-state actors that are committed to green recovery and an equitable vision for limiting warming to 1.5 degree Celsius, and are working closely with national governments to advance ambition and resilience.
- Discussing opportunities to strengthen capacity to protect lives and livelihoods from the impacts of climate change, address the global security challenges posed by climate change and the impact on readiness, and address the role of nature-based solutions in achieving net zero by 2050 goals.
- Further details on the Summit agenda, additional participants, media access, and public viewing will be provided in the coming weeks.
The President invited the following leaders to participate in the Summit:
- Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Antigua and Barbuda
- President Alberto Fernandez, Argentina
- Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australia
- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh
- Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, Bhutan
- President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada
- President Sebastián Piñera, Chile
- President Xi Jinping, People’s Republic of China
- President Iván Duque Márquez, Colombia
- President Félix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Denmark
- President Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission
- President Charles Michel, European Council
- President Emmanuel Macron, France
- President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon
- Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India
- President Joko Widodo, Indonesia
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
- Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Italy
- Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Jamaica
- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Japan
- President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya
- President David Kabua, Republic of the Marshall Islands
- President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico
- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand
- President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria
- Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway
- President Andrzej Duda, Poland
- President Moon Jae-in, Republic of Korea
- President Vladimir Putin, The Russian Federation
- King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore
- President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain
- President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey
- President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirates
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson, United Kingdom
- President Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vietnam
8:00 a.m.–Session 1
Raising Our Climate Ambition
President Biden and Vice President Harris will open the inaugural session of the Summit. This session will underscore the urgent need for the world’s major economies to strengthen their climate ambition by the time of COP 26 to keep the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius within reach. It will provide an opportunity for leaders to highlight the climate-related challenges their countries face and the efforts they are undertaking, and to announce new steps to strengthen climate ambition.
U.S. Participants:- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken
- Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry Leaders:
- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
- Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Antigua and Barbuda
- President Alberto Fernandez, Argentina
- Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australia
- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh
- Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, Bhutan
- President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada
- President Sebastián Piñera, Chile
- President Xi Jinping, People’s Republic of China
- President Iván Duque Márquez, Colombia
- President Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission
- President Emmanuel Macron, France
- President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon
- Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India
- President Joko Widodo, Indonesia
- Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Italy
- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Japan
- President David Kabua, Republic of the Marshall Islands
- President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico
- President Moon Jae-in, Republic of Korea
- President Vladimir Putin, The Russian Federation
- King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa
- President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson, United Kingdom
11:45 a.m.–Session 2
Investing in Climate Solutions
This session will highlight the urgent need to scale up climate finance; efforts to increase public finance for mitigation and adaptation in developing countries; and efforts to shift trillions of dollars of private investment to finance the transition to net zero by 2050.
U.S. Participants:- Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen
- Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
- National Economic Council Director Brian Deese
- President Félix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- President Charles Michel, European Council
- Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Jamaica
- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand
- Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank
- Oliver Bäte, CEO, Allianz
- Jane Fraser, CEO, Citigroup
- Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
- Marcie Frost, CEO, CalPERS
- David Malpass, Group President, World Bank Group
- Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO, Bank of America; Chair, International Business Council; Co-Chair, Sustainable Markets Initiative
- Pope Francis
- Carolina Schmidt, Environment Minister, Chile; President, 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25)
- Alok Sharma MP, United Kingdom; President, 26th United Nations United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26)
- Xiye Bastida, Fridays for Future
12:45 p.m.–Session 3
(Breakout Sessions, Round 1)
Adaptation and Resilience
This session will highlight the climate adaptation and resilience challenges faced by all countries, especially those most vulnerable to climate impacts, and cutting-edge approaches to strengthening resilience in the face of climate change and climate variability.
U.S. Participants:- Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
- Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas
- Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Public Enterprises, Civil Service, Communications, Fiji
- Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport, Ireland
- Aziz Rabbah, Minister of Energy, Mines and Environment, Morocco
- Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, Netherlands
- Malik Amin Aslam, Federal Minister of Climate Change, Pakistan
- João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister for the Environment and Climate Action, Portugal
- Abdullah Subai, Minister of Municipality and Environment, Qatar
- Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Environment, Rwanda
- Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
Climate Action at All Levels
This session will highlight the critical efforts of subnational and non-state actors (cities, states/regions, and indigenous groups) that are contributing to green recovery and working closely with national governments to advance climate ambition and resilience on the ground.
U.S. Participants:- Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan
- Sinéia B. do Vale, Member, Indigenous Council of Roraima, Brazil
- Mayor LaToya Cantrell, New Orleans
- Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris, France
- Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad
- Governor Yuriko Koike, Tokyo, Japan
- Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico
- Fawn Sharp, President, National Congress of American Indians
- Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico City, Mexico
2:00 p.m.–Session 3
(Breakout Sessions, Round 2)
Climate Security
This session will highlight the global security challenges posed by climate change, the impact on the military and readiness, and efforts underway to address the threat multipliers to energy, economic, and national security.
U.S. Participants:- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III
- Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines
- Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations
- Ben Wallace MP, Secretary of State for Defense, United Kingdom
- Kishi Nobuo, Minister of Defense, Japan
- Monica Juma, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Kenya
- Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General, NATO
- Carlos G. Dominguez III, Secretary of Finance, The Philippines
- Jumaah Enad, Minister of Defense, Iraq
- Margarita Robles Fernández, Minister of Defense, Spain
Nature-based Solutions
This session will highlight the critical role of nature-based solutions in reducing emissions and strengthening climate resilience, including efforts to reduce deforestation and the loss of wetlands, restore marine and terrestrial ecosystems, and promote sustainable agricultural practices.
U.S. Participants:- Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland Speakers:
- Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada
- Andrea Meza, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
- Lee White, Minister of Water, Forests, the Seas, and Environment, Gabon
- Luhut B. Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Indonesia
- Gabriel Quijandría, Minister of the Environment, Peru
- Flavien P. Joubert, Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Seychelles
- Tuntiak Katan, General Coordinator, Global Alliance of Territorial Communities
- Archana Soreng, Member, Youth Advisory Group on Climate to the U.N. Secretary General; Kharia Tribe, Sundergarh, India
The summit continues on April 23.
Biden’s Climate Plan: We’ll Break it Down for You
In March, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass the “American Jobs Plan.” The plan would achieve 100% clean electricity nationwide by 2035. It would invest $100 billion to modernize the grid, $400 billion in incentives for wind and solar and other renewables, $222 billion for electric vehicle research and charging stations, $10 billion in a “Climate Crisis Corps,” and more. It also calls for equity and justice at every step, with investments in underserved communities like removing lead pipes from every single community in America.
Join our webinar to learn more about President Biden’s climate plan! Hear firsthand why the plan is a fantastic first step towards ending the climate crisis. On the webinar, you’ll learn how we can make the plan better and, most importantly, what we need to do to get it passed by Congress THIS YEAR.
Speakers:- Leah Stokes of Evergreen Action
- Ben Beachy of Sierra Club
- Andres Jimenez of Green 2.0
American Jobs Plan Overview
Table modified by Hill Heat from the Committee for a Responsible Budget from the White House’s Fact Sheet.
| 10-Year Estimate | |
|---|---|
| Invest in Transportation Infrastructure | $621 billion |
| Invest in Electric Vehicles (EV), including consumer rebates to purchase EVs, grants and incentives to build 500,000 new charging stations, and replacing and electrifying federal vehicle fleet | $174 billion |
| Modernize bridges, highways, roads, and main streets in critical need of repair | $115 billion |
| Modernize public transit | $85 billion |
| Improve passenger and freight rail service | $80 billion |
| Improve infrastructure resilience by safeguarding critical infrastructure and services, defending vulnerable communities, and maximizing resilience of land and water resources | $50 billion |
| Improve airports | $25 billion |
| Establish dedicated fund for beneficial projects to regional or national economy | $25 billion |
| Improve road safety and establish Safe Streets for All program | $20 billion |
| Establish program to reconnect neighborhoods and ensure new projects increase opportunity | $20 billion |
| Improve ports and waterways | $17 billion |
| Other spending | $10 billion |
| Invest in Domestic Manufacturing, Research & Development, and Job Training Initiatives | $590 billion |
| Provide additional funding for domestic manufacturing, investing in capital access programs, supporting modernizing supply chains, and creating a new financing program to support debt and equity investments | $52 billion |
| Provide additional funding to the National Science Foundation | $50 billion |
| Establish Department of Commerce office to monitor domestic industrial capacity and to fund investments in the production of critical goods | $50 billion |
| Provide funding for semiconductor manufacturing and research | $50 billion |
| Provide funding for workforce development infrastructure and worker protection | $48 billion |
| Support clean energy manufacturing with federal procurement | $46 billion |
| Provide funding to upgrade research infrastructure in laboratories | $40 billion |
| Establish Dislocated Workers Program and invest in sector-based training | $40 billion |
| Provide additional funding for climate change research and development | $35 billion |
| Provide funding for community-based small business incubators and innovation hubs | $31 billion |
| Provide additional funding for research and development to spur innovation and job creation | $30 billion |
| Protect against future pandemics through medical countermeasures | $30 billion |
| Establish regional innovation hubs and Community Revitalization Fund | $20 billion |
| Create centers of excellence that serve as research incubators for HBCUs and MSIs | $15 billion |
| Provide additional funding to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | $14 billion |
| Provide funding for workforce development in underserved communities | $12 billion |
| Provide funding for research and development at HBCUs and other MSIs | $10 billion |
| Provide funding for enforcement of workforce protections | $10 billion |
| Establish Rural Partnership Program | $5 billion |
| Other manufacturing investments | $2 billion |
| Expand Home Care Services and Provide Additional Support for Care Workers | $400 billion |
| Expand access to long-term, home and community-based care services under Medicaid and extend the Money Follows the Person program | $400 billion |
| Clean Energy Tax Credits | ~$400 billion |
| Improve Housing Stock, Modernize Schools and Child Care Facilities, and Upgrade VA Hospitals and Federal Buildings | $328 billion |
| Build over a million energy efficient housing units and eliminate certain zoning & land use policies | $126 billion |
| Provide direct grants to upgrade and build new public schools, with an additional $50 billion leveraged through bonds | $50 billion |
| Provide funding to improve public housing system | $40 billion |
| Establish Clean Energy & Sustainability Accelerator | $27 billion |
| Establish Child Care Growth and Innovation Fund and provide tax credits to encourage businesses to build child care facilities | $25 billion |
| Incentivize the building or rehabilitation of over 500,000 homes for low- and middle-income homebuyers with a Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (NHIA) tax credit | $20 billion |
| Modernize VA hospitals and clinics | $18 billion |
| Improve community college facilities and technology | $12 billion |
| Modernize federal buildings through bipartisan Federal Capital Revolving Fund | $10 billion |
| Invest in Broadband, Electrical Grid, and Clean Drinking Water | $311 billion |
| Purchase 100% carbon-free power for federal buildings. | |
| Establish an Energy Efficiency and Clean Electricity Standard (EECES) of 100% carbon-free power (including nuclear and hydropower) by 2035 | |
| Provide funding to build high-speed broadband, reduce the cost of broadband internet service, and promote transparency and competition | $100 billion |
| Invest in power infrastructure | $100 billion |
| Upgrade and modernize drinking water supplies through grants and low-cost flexible loans to states, Tribes, territories, and disadvantaged communities | $56 billion |
| Replace all lead pipes and service lines | $45 billion |
| Provide funding to monitor PFAS substances in drinking water and invest in rural small water systems & household well & wastewater systems | $10 billion |
| Plug orphan oil and gas wells and cleaning up abandoned mines | $16 billion |
| Remediate and redevelop Brownfield and Superfund sites | $5 billion |
| Establish the Civilian Climate Corps | $10 billion |
| Total | ~$2.65 trillion |
Energy Expert Catherine Wolfram Joins Treasury Department As Climate Economist
Catherine Wolfram, a leading energy economist, has joined the Department of Treasury as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate and Energy Economics in the Office of Economic Policy.
Wolfram is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who has done real-world research into the outcomes of policies such as rural electrification and weatherization assistance.
In 2019, Wolfram wrote sympathetically about the Green New Deal:“In general, though, I’m very sympathetic to the idea that the US government needs to do a lot more to address climate change, and the GND’s first steps aren’t totally whacky from an economics perspective. I hope Ocasio-Cortez and others succeed in mobilizing interest and putting climate change back in the political spotlight.”
She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard in 1989 and her Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1996, and taught at Harvard before joining Berkeley.
From 2009 to 2018, she was the director of Berkeley’s Energy Institute, a utility and non-profit-funded research initiative.
In 2020, she became visiting faculty at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, an initiative heavily financed by the oil and gas industry.