Pallone Applauds House Passage of Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act

Washington, DC– Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today praised House passage of the Tidy Economy Jobs and Development Act that makes vital reforms to U.S. energy policy and authorizes significant investments in the shift to a low-carbon future. Pallone led House passage of the expense that provides tidy energy reforms and prepares for extensive environment policy.

“The Tidy Economy Jobs and Innovation Act will spur clean energy development, energize our transportation sector, make houses more energy efficient, modernize our electric grid and produce excellent paying tasks right here in the house at a time when we require them most. It likewise deals with the need for environmental justice by purchasing grant programs for affected neighborhoods and enhancing details sharing so Americans can be much better notified about the dangers in their communities. It is a net win for our environment and economy alike,” stated Congressman Pallone. “What’s more, it presents useful and attainable policies that have a real chance at becoming law this year after settlements with the Senate. I’m grateful to all my associates who worked with me on this sweeping energy package, and proud that your home took decisive action to pass it today.”

The Tidy Economy and Development Act:

• Supports the transition to a low-carbon economy by investing in clean energy, distributed energy resources, energy storage systems, and microgrids which are crucial to minimizing greenhouse gas emissions.
• Sets new energy performance requirements for structures, which approximately count towards 30% of greenhouse gas contamination, and supplies financing for schools, houses, local buildings, and making facilities to enhance efficiency and deploy energy-efficient technologies.
• Purchase the technology and facilities required to amaze and considerably decrease emissions from the transport sector, which is the biggest source of greenhouse gas contamination in the U.S.
• Motivates the adoption of electrical automobiles by investing more than $36 billion to assist accelerate the electrification of our transport sector and make electric vehicles a choice for more communities.
• Focuses on tidy energy jobs situated in low-income and marginalized communities and advances the development of innovations and practices that broaden access to clean energy.
• Develops new ecological justice grant and training programs to empower neighborhoods and lower health disparities.
• Develops a clean energy labor force advancement program to inform and train the next generation of clean energy scientists, researchers, and specialists, consisting of through grants to qualified organizations.

Pallone spoke in favor of the expense yesterday on the Home Floor. Text is available here. Video is available here. A comprehensive fact sheet is available here.