During his term in office, President Biden has accomplished and set in motion key actions to address the #ClimateCrisis🌎 Where has progress been made – and what needs to happen next? Dan Lashof explains ▶️ bit.ly/3u7sSP0

The U.S. EPA awarded these cold regions with a combined $488M to replace fossil-fueled heating with efficient electric heat pumps. Reporting by @alisontakemura: ow.ly/OaA850SR6QN

CNN: VP Harris has selected MN gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate.

Kamala Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, multiple sources say. He has been a leading driver of Democrats' attacks on Trump cnn.it/3YFCZqW

When I started in 2015 as the congressional reporter for MinnPost, Amy Klobuchar was on all the VP/2020 lists, Al Franken was on the rise, Keith Ellison was a national leader of the left, and Tim Walz was just the nice guy who beat them at the annual Hotdish Competition.

🧵We finally have some data on how many Americans are using the Inflation Reduction Act's tax credits to use clean energy at home and make their homes more energy efficient. Here's what we learned from the data: (1/6) heatmap.news/economy/ira-ta…

More than a dozen House Republicans wrote to Speaker Mike Johnson asking him NOT to axe clean energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) if the GOP maintains or expands its House majority next year. thehill.com/policy/energy-…

Where (and how) Americans are taking advantage of the #InflationReductionAct's clean energy tax credits: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

After Trump told oil executives they needed to raise $1 billion for his election, oil tycoon Harold Hamm started making calls. A dive w/⁦Maxine Joselow⁩ on the most influential executive in Trump’s ear, what he’s doing for Trump & what Hamm wants: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Americans may not know much about the IRA, but millions are using it to buy solar panels & heat pumps and insulate their homes. Tax credits for rooftop solar in particular are going gangbusters. cnn.com/2024/08/16/cli…

This was the councilman who blamed snow on the "Rothschilds controlling the climate" a few years ago washingtonpost.com/local/dc-polit…

NEW: Biden's climate law set off a green bonanza in Walz’s Minnesota. The IRA triggered a “race across states” for its clean energy $$$. Here's the inside story of how Kamala Harris' running mate pounced on the opportunity. w/catherine morehouse & Kelsey Tamborrino politi.co/3SWzRDr

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The way the Walz kids cheered for their dad—no matter what happens in this election it’s clear he has won as a father.

A big facility for recycling lithium-ion batteries is now online in Ohio, making it the first project to hit the ribbon-cutting stage after receiving BIL funding. Cirba Solutions says its plant can recycle enough material for 250,000 new EV batteries/year canarymedia.com/articles/clean…

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Good news on this #TransportationTuesday: More than 8,000 U.S. EPA-funded #ElectricSchoolBuses 🚍 will soon be reducing air pollution & delivering a #CleanRide4Kids! electricschoolbusinitiative.org/epa-has-funded…

Want a career in America's fastest-growing field? Head to the Dakotas or Colorado, and look for jobs in wind energy. More in Axios ⬇️ axios.com/2024/08/30/us-…

Electrifying news! We’re now running two new 40’ battery-electric buses! Our transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 100,000 metric tons annually compared to our 2022 fleet. Track them at wmata.com/live #wmata

A Native American tribe in South Dakota will receive a nearly $8 million grant from a federal program that state government declined to apply for. More about the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant awarded to the #RosebudSiouxTribe: southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/tribe-g…