Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, Twitter
The last couple of days have been some of the strangest in politics for sure.
Joe Biden issued a letter on July 21, 2024, indicating he was withdrawing from the presidential race, leading many to wonder if he was still fit to serve the remainder of his term, while others questioned the veracity of reports that Biden might have already suffered a serious medical emergency.
Then on July 22, 2024, Biden issued a statement on Climate Pollution Reduction Grants that alleged climate change "continues to fuel more extreme impacts on communities across the country" without providing any evidence to support this claim, of course.
Probably because there is no climate crisis.
Nonetheless, Biden wants to do the work to advance "environmental justice", so he "empowered" communities in 30 states to fight the climate crisis.
How did he empower states?
Through nearly $5 billion in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants, that's how!
The grants, which have been authorized under Section 60114 of the Inflation Reduction Act, are to be used for developing and implementing "ambitious plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollution."
The program will provide $250 million for noncompetitive planning grants, and approximately $4.6 billion for competitive implementation grants.
As soon as the Biden announcement hit the wire, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued a press release indicating that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had just awarded a coalition of states known as the New England Heat Pump Accelerator Coalition – which includes Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island – with a $450 million grant through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program.
The grant is to be used to accelerate adoption of affordable electric heat pumps throughout the region.
Connecticut's allocation is estimated to be as much as $100 million.
The New England coalition aims to rapidly increase the adoption of cold-climate air-source heat pumps (ASHPs), heat pump water heaters (HPWHs), and ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) in single-family and multifamily residential buildings across the region.
The efforts will be "equitable" so approximately half of the investment and benefits will be directed to "historically overburdened and underserved communities" consistent with the EPA’s Justice40 initiative.
Connecticut has also been selected to receive funding from the EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program through two other grant applications. Connecticut will receive $54 million to invest in fueling infrastructure for zero emission freight trucks along the I-95 corridor. Additionally, the City of New Haven will receive $9.4 million to construct a networked geothermal heat pump system for New Haven Union Station and the planned adjacent mixed-income housing development.
On top of that, Lamont today announced that Connecticut would be participating in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Better Climate Challenge to move toward a low-carbon future.
In joining the challenge, the state is committing to reduce portfolio-wide greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% within ten years and work with the DOE to share successful solutions and decarbonization strategies.
This particular challenge comes straight out of the World Economic Forum's agenda.
The DOE will support Connecticut's efforts with technical assistance, peer-to-peer learning opportunities, and a platform for the state to "demonstrate its commitment to being part of the solution to climate change."
As part of the challenge, Connecticut is conducting a decarbonization study required by Governor Lamont’s Executive Order No. 21-3 to plan for the retrofit of existing heating and cooling equipment.
The state is also developing an electric vehicle (EV) fleet rollout to build out the EV infrastructure on state properties for the transition of state fleet gas powered vehicles to electric vehicles, while working to install solar on state properties.
“Connecticut is already well on its way to meeting the goals outlined in the Better Climate Challenge,” Governor Lamont said. “Our efforts to decarbonize our state buildings and electrify our vehicle fleet are important steps toward a more sustainable future. By joining the challenge, we are sending a strong signal that our administration will continue to do everything in our power to reduce our carbon footprint and save money for taxpayers.”
Actually, Lamont is sending a strong signal to the globalists that he is in alignment with their tyrannical agenda.
