Biden administration to buy air conditioning
units in push for 'equity and environmental justice'
Posted By: NorthernDog, 7/13/2023 10:06:22 PM
The White House is touting its decision to buy air conditioners as a part of a plan to promote "equity and environmental justice" during a historic heat wave that it attributes to climate change. A Tuesday memo from the Biden administration said that heat wave included record-high daily high temperatures in several areas of the country. The plan cited its $3.85 billion Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program that it said helped lower cooling costs and will provide air conditioning units for low-income households for over 6 million households. "The situation is alarming, and it requires an all-of-society response to
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Biden administration to buy air conditioning
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Why the long face, John Kerry?
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Indeed he seems to have thought that the position given to him by the President not only entitled him to year-round perks, but to lifelong immunity from criticism.
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I thought using A/C was warming the planet and made baby polar bears choke on plastic forks. But since they are giving them away - where do I get in line?