This article highlights ways that the southern US benefits from federal climate funding while maintaining climate denial discourse.
to protect the integrity of the US. It’s only one of many examples of how the southern US is reaping the benefits of Democratic-led federal climate funding.
The gusts of change could be baffling to you unless you remember that power is politics — for energy production and legislative seat preservation.The Biden administration on Wednesday awardedin grants to boost domestic manufacturing of batteries for EVs in 12 states — half of which are located in the southern US.
The incongruity between southern US policies and governing is quite evident in West Virginia, a state where the coal industry has provided jobs for generations but has also decimated mountainsides, rivers, and arable land. Today, West VirginiaIn August, Tritium, the Australian manufacturer of DC fast charging equipment,, which will have 6 production lines and employ 500 people. The facility will be able to manufacture up to 30,000 DC fast chargers a year when it reaches full production.
BMW has announced plans to upgrade a factory to produce EVs and to build a new plant in South Carolina to assemble batteries. The investment is valued at