Athena Thibodeau-Viana is an Our Climate Field Representative in Florida. We have the technology and science to have a just transition to clean energy, politics are just getting in the way and taking up time. The Defense Production Act 1 (DPA) is a 1950, Cold War-era law that allows the federal government to intervene in private contracts when there is a. Throughout history, moments of massive economic shifts happened in moments of conflict. We are at a crossroads where we could use the easiest option available to us–using domestic fossil fuels– which is not a sustainable or a long term solution, or we can begin the just transition to clean energy. Loans and grants will be provided to help build domestic renewable energy. All projects invested by this act are required to have high-road labor standards, meaning that this act will create good jobs. It will invest in the making and installation of heat pumps to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels that are imported. It is capped at 750 million in any given year, and in most cases, Congress will exercise its oversight powers over these funds. Section 708 of the Act requires the Commission and the Department of Justice to participate in developing, implementing, monitoring, and reporting on. This fund is allocated to allow the government to make purchases and provide loans. Using the Defense Production Act, this act will invest $100 billion in reinvigorating the domestic clean energy industry instead of focusing on increasing domestic oil production. The Defense Production Act, in title III, establishes a treasury account called the Defense Production Act Fund. Congresswomen Cori Bush, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Congressman Jason Crow introduced the Energy Security and Independence Act. How does the Defense Production Act play into this future? The Defense Production Act is a federal law that was in response to the Korean War in 1950 which allows Presidents to have a significant amount of authority to tell private companies to put the order’s from the federal government first. We don’t want to be dependent on any fossil fuels. ![]() The halting of oil imports from Russia can be a catalyst for clean energy on a large scale. It is placing a bandaid on a problem that has deep roots. is going a few steps backwards and it is not a long term solution. will be halting oil imports from Russia which is a necessary step in supporting Ukraine and moving towards clean energy. President Biden has announced that the U.S.
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