181 Posts

  • 2024 04 22
    Funding Will Expand Solar Benefits to 19,000 Additional Low-to-Moderate Income District Households (Washington, DC) – As the District celebrates Earth Day, Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced that the District Department of Energy and Environment’s (DOEE) Solar for All program was awarded $62.45 million from the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This funding will help expand the benefits of clean, solar energy to roughly 19,000 low- and moderate-income (LMI) District households.

    DC Department of Energy & Environment

  • 2024 04 22
    A Georgia nonprofit that leases solar panels and battery storage to low-income homeowners has been awarded $156 million from the federal government to expand the program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday.

    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

  • 2024 04 22
    Salesforce will begin lobbying for new regulations requiring companies to disclose emissions data and efficiency standards for artificial intelligence.

    GreenBiz

  • 2024 04 22
    The Maryland Solar for All Program (MSFAP) is among a group of 60 applicants selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to receive funding under the $7 billion Solar for All grant competition for states, territories, Tribal governments, municipalities, and nonprofits.

    Maryland Clean Energy Center

  • 2024 04 22
    Celebrating Earth Day today, President Joe Biden traveled to Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia, a national park site developed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps.

    Environment News Service

  • 2024 04 22
    New programs unveiled today in a historic announcement will help make solar energy more accessible for people with low income and in disadvantaged communities throughout the Southeast. The Solar For All program, run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced awardees today, making available more than $750 million across the Southeast states of Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina.

    CleanEnergy.org

  • 2024 04 22
    Salesforce, aiming to help guide policymakers with regulating the rapidly evolving AI landscape, today released some recommendations and policy principles. In addition, Salesforce is supporting five organizations to develop AI-focused climate solutions, focusing on mitigation, adaptation, resilience, and finance.

    Clean Technica

  • 2024 04 22
    The Biden administration is marking Earth Week with announcements of solar power funding for lower-income communities, an expansion of the Climate Corps and Clean Air Act rules

    Scientific American