Bernie Sanders: Solar for All is a win for the environment, a win for consumers, and a win for job creation.

[Donkees]

WASHINGTON, April 22 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today joined President Biden to announce an unprecedented $7 billion in funding for the Solar for All program – legislation which Sanders wrote. They also announced the creation of a Vermont Climate Corps; Vermont is now one of only thirteen states with such a program.

The Solar for All program will provide loans or grants to working class families to help cover the cost of installing solar rooftops or participating in community-based solar projects. This $7 billion investment will save working families more than $8.7 billion in electric bills over the lifetime of the installed panels. Families for whom the start-up costs have been prohibitive will now have the support they need to invest in solar panels.

Vermont will receive $62.45 million in residential solar funding from the Solar for All program.

“The United States can and must lead the world in transforming our energy systems away from fossil fuels,” said Sanders. “The Solar for All program – that I successfully championed – will not only combat the existential threat of climate change by making solar energy available to working class families, it will also substantially lower the electric bills of Americans and create thousands of good-paying jobs. This is a win for the environment, a win for consumers, and a win for the economy.”

The Vermont Climate Corps – a workforce training and service initiative aimed at preparing young Americans for jobs in clean energy and climate resilience – will mobilize young Americans who are ready to take on the existential threat of climate change. As one of the first states participating in the American Climate Corps, Vermont will continue to be at the forefront of the fight to take on climate change, creating good paying jobs for young people who are working to save the planet.

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-joins-president-biden-to-announce-7-billion-for-solar-for-all/

[walkingman]

1. Thank God for people like Bernie who continually aware of the dire situation

we face due to those that are bought and paid for by the fossil fuel industry. They have been spreading their lies for decades and now about half the country are climate deniers even as they see it with their own eyes.

That or they could care less about future generations - they have one excuse after another. Bottom line, as Al Gore said years ago....it is "inconvenient" to change the way we live and quite easy to stick our heads in the sand.

VOTE - and stop electing those who support the climate status quo.

[infullview]

2. Central Maine Power squashed solar in Maine

They don't want people off the grid because they loose revenue. Typically, their service as a power delivery service for out paces the cost of the product (I. E. electricity). They charge four or five times the price of a kilowatt to provide you with power. It's very lucrative for a company based on Spain. Profits were up 25% from last year alone.

If I lived in MA, I could afford to put a solar system in since the state heavily subsidized this.

[elena92]

3. He's right.

Green jobs should be good union jobs. Everybody wins.

[crickets]

4. Good! K&R