Farmers panic as Trump threatens $1 billion in grants — that they've already spent

https://www.alternet.org/farmers-panic-trump/

Martin McGuinness died on 21st March 2017. He was a former IRA commander and Sinn Fein political leader who helped negotiate peace in Northern Ireland after decades of sectarian violence, and became a senior official in its power-sharing government.

#Consumers would pay $6B more for #energy if #IRA #taxbreaks repealed, report finds

https://www.eenews.net/articles/consumers-would-pay-6b-more-for-energy-if-ira-tax-breaks-repealed-report-finds/

Just like last time the convicted criminal #Trump is crashing the markets and tanking the #economy. Only this time much worse. Enjoy your #IRA while it's still there.

Hey current #orangeintheOval #regime! Why is #tsmc coming to #arizona?
Thanks to the #CHIPS act that’s why! we have semiconductor manufacturers coming to the States. Not because of something you thought of yesterday. Just exactly how stupid are the people who voted for Donald Trump? The 22.7% of the population who did? I think a subset of you are just cynical and greedy, larger than the subset who are gullible believers.
Thank you Gina #Raimundo and congress that Passed this…And the #ira.

Great news from expert outlook for clean energy this year- really!

93% of new power plants will be renewables: solar, battery storage, wind

Total electricity produced by fossil gas will *fall*. Gas is the main fossil fuel producing electricity in US now (not coal)

Multi year trend accelerating, Biden-era investments and legislation paying off

Nobody tell , ok?

#climatechange #climatehope #cleanenergy #solar #wind #Biden #IRA

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-solar-batteries-to-lead-us-power-plant-construction-in-2025

Today in Labor History March 1, 1981: Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began his hunger strike at HM Prison Maze. He was in prison for his role in the Balmoral Furniture Company bombing in 1976. During the hunger strike, he was elected to parliament. 10 prisoners died from starvation during the strike, including Sands. 100,000 people attended his funeral.

In deep-red Hardin County, Kentucky, workers are trying to unionize a new electric vehicle battery plant. If Donald Trump scraps the IRA, it may cost thousands of his supporters safe, well-paying jobs.

https://jacobin.com/2025/03/kentucky-evs-trump-ira-uaw

Final tally on #cleanenergy win:

Americans bought 32% more clean air-source heat pumps than fossil gas furnaces in 2024.

Biggest margin ever!

20 year trend, aka much bigger than

Got big bump from Biden's #IRA tax credits, also normal trend of how new tech is adopted.

Heat pumps for housing are major part of states' climate plans

#climatechange ##climatehope #heatpump #hvac

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/heat-pumps/heat-pumps-keep-widening-their-lead-on-gas-furnaces

Ein Gespräch mit #MajaGöpel und #MelanieAmann, das #Mut macht:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L12YrlCUxSM

The Conspirators (Columbo, 1978) was the last episode for a decade. It told the story of a mercurial poet in LA - Joe Devlin (Clive Revill) - who’s working for the IRA. He murders a treacherous gunrunner. The episode was broadcast at a time of escalating IRA activity.

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Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt – „Vertrauter Feind“ (1997)

Aus einem zusammengestümperten Skript, das Jahre in der Entwicklung war und dabei ein halbes Dutzend Autoren (alles Männer) verschlissen hat, noch einen Blockbuster zu machen, das gelingt nicht vielen. Alan J. Pakula hat es dennoch irgendwie hinbekommen – und dabei noch zwei Superstars und deren Egos soweit unter Kontrolle – dass doch ein ansehnlicher Polit-Thriller dabei herausgekommen ist.

"New commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, says the president wants to get rid of the Internal Revenue Service.

“His goal is to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and let all the outsiders pay,” Lutnick said to Jesse Watters on Fox News Wednesday, adding that the president’s planned “External Revenue Service” will fund the government with tariffs from the rest of the world."

https://newrepublic.com/post/191750/trump-commerce-secretary-lutnick-abolish-irs

#inflationreductionact
Republicans have decried…the #IRA…much of its ag…funding went to…[#USDA] programs…,increased…for the chronically oversubscribed Environmental Quality Incentives [#EQIP]…In recent years…only able to fund about 30 percent of applications, according to…analysis…by the Environmental Working Group.
"The IRA…allowed a lot of farmers…to access #conservation…who weren’t able to before, but now…their payments are frozen…”said…#NationalWildlifeFederation…
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/billions-dollars-stake-farmers-hit-trump-funding-freeze-pause-foreign-aid

Trump’s Pause on Climate Spending Delays Solar, EV Projects https://www.byteseu.com/729712/ #AgricultureDepartment #BusinessInsider #company #Democrat #Energy #EnergyDepartment #EPA #ExecutiveOrder #grant #IRA #PresidentTrump #project #RenewableEnergyWorld #TaxCredit #trump #Uncertainty

The #retirement system in the #US almost by default ties our livelihoods to the successes of #oligarchs. Have a #401k or #IRA? You're probably invested in the businesses of #Musk, #Zuckerberg, and #Bezos not to mention #bigoil companies.

Vandalism Undermines Public Support For Climate Groups https://www.byteseu.com/708750/ #Climate #ClimateAdvocacy #ClimateChange #DrillBabyDrill #EnergySecurity #EVs #ExecutiveOrders #GlobalWarming #IRA #JustStopOil #MonaLisa #trump

#Politics #IRA #Inflation #infrastructure
“Trump has also suspended all funding disbursements for projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, laws that invested billions of dollars in construction of clean energy manufacturing and the repair of roads, bridges, ports, and so on, primarily in Republican-dominated states.”
Heather Cox Richardson

2024 has been a massive year for #solarpower in the US, as Biden's clean energy (IRA) law pays off.
Manufacturing and installation both!

Since many of these factories are up and running in red states, will be hard for republicans to repeal
A brilliant strategy, also paying off.

#cleanenergy #climatechange #biden #IRA #solar

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/the-us-is-making-and-deploying-more-solar-panels-than-ever-before

Anyone see “Say Nothing” TV show about IRA? Bonus points if you know whether it does a good job with historic accuracy and representation.