{"id":1952102,"date":"2023-06-20T16:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-hundreds-of-millions-in-funding-towards-fighting-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T16:24:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:24:24","slug":"biden-announces-hundreds-of-millions-in-funding-towards-fighting-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-hundreds-of-millions-in-funding-towards-fighting-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden pledges huge funding to combat climate change."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-announces-hundreds-of-millions-in-funding-towards-fighting-climate-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1952102&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his administration\u2019s environmental efforts at the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center and Preserve in Palo Alto, California, on June 19, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>1:22 PM \u2013 Tuesday, June 20, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>During his trip to northern California on Monday, President Joe Biden announced millions in funding towards fighting climate change, once again calling it \u201cthe existential threat to humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden: Climate change &#8220;is THE existential threat to humanity, THE Existential threat to humanity.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0BvFWo2Yru\">pic.twitter.com\/0BvFWo2Yru<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1670889855927345152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While delivering remarks in Palo Alto, California, Biden said that he is dedicating almost $600 million towards launching the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s first \u201cClimate Resilience Regional Challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden-Harris Administration is launching a first-ever Climate Resilience Regional Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>This funding will help coastal and Great Lakes communities protect against the impacts of climate change \u2013 like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-says-fossil-fuels-kill-more-people-each-year-than-the-holocaust-heres-the-truth\/\" title=\"CNN Says Fossil Fuels Kill More People Each Year Than The Holocaust. Here\u2019s The Truth\">sea-level rise<\/a>, tidal flooding, and storm surge. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X0ubjj3PsK\">pic.twitter.com\/X0ubjj3PsK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1670884153322029056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cStarting tomorrow the Department of Commerce will launch the first, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-hundreds-of-millions-in-funding-towards-fighting-climate-change\/\" title=\"Biden pledges huge funding to combat climate change.\">largest competitive climate resilience \u2026 challenge<\/a> to provide $600 million to coastal and Great Lake communities that are building projects to protect against the impacts of climate change from sea level rise, flooding and storm surge, we\u2019re investing in the people in places that haven\u2019t been hit the hardest, but who are also on the frontlines,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/coast.noaa.gov\/funding\/ira\/resilience-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> of the Office for Coastal Management, \u201caround $575 million will be dedicated toward project that build the resilience of coastal communities to extreme weather and other impacts of climate change, including sea level rise and drought.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cJust last week across the East Coast and Midwest, we saw what you\u2019ve already seen here in California,\u201d Biden said. \u201cMillions of Americans, sheltering indoors. The air not safe to breathe. Orange haze covering the sky, it\u2019s incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re investing in the people and places that have been hit the hardest but who are also on the front lines of leading us forward,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The President was also joined by Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) to announce the new funding, they also announced that the Department of Energy will be investing more than $2 billion to modernize the electric grid. The investment by the Department of Energy will begin in California with around $67 million to help improve the grid in the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to the President, the funds will come from the Inflation Reduction Act which was passed in August 2022, and will be used to help improve coastal communities in case of severe weather and a \u201cchanging climate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President highlighted his efforts to combat climate change saying that his administration is \u201ctaking the most aggressive climate action ever\u201d and took the opportunity to once again attack Republicans, saying that they are \u201ccontinuing to try to undo all the progress we\u2019ve already made in the first two and a half years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey were holding the country hostage over the debt limit unless I would gut the climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The press conference took place at Lucy Evan Baylands Nature Interpretive Center and Preserve, which the White House touted as a \u201cleading example of the type of community-driven climate solutions that the federal government is investing in to harness nature to fight the climate crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Matt Braynard<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Katie Brown<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>National Political Correspondent Neil W. McCabe interviewed attorney George Braun, a member of the Supreme Court bar, who has appeared more than 30 times before the high court, about Braun\u2019s analysis of Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 leadership, which leads him to predict that the chief justice is targeting the four-decade precedent of \u201cChevron Deference.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Former Deputy Meagan McCarthy speaks to One America\u2019s Jessamyn Dodd about the attack on her life.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SAO PAULO (Reuters) \u2013 Electric aircraft maker Eve, controlled by Brazil\u2019s Embraer, said on Tuesday it has signed letters of intent for\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Rachael Levy and Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) \u2013 Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk expects his brain-chip startup Neuralink to start its\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Blake Brittain (Reuters) \u2013 Alphabet\u2019s Google on Friday sued a Los Angeles man and his companies in San Jose, California federal\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SEOUL (Reuters) \u2013 Hyundai Motor will consider making its vehicles more readily compatible with the charging standard Tesla is pushing for in\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>visited the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center and Preserve in Palo Alto. 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