(Office of Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)) According to a report by the International Energy Agency, approximately 40 percent of cumulative CO2 emissions reductions needed to meet sustainability targets rely on technologies not yet commercially deployed on a mass-market scale. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and U.S. Senate Finance Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) have introduced the Energy Sector Innovation Credit (ESIC) Act, a bipartisan energy tax proposal to encourage innovation in the clean energy sector to help rapidly scale and diversify new technologies. Original co-sponsors of the Senate legislation include Senate Finance Committee members John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) and Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee members Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado). House Ways and Means Members Tom Reed (R-New York) and Jimmy Panetta (D-California) have int
Pathfinders: Climate-Smart Solutions from Rural America and Native Nations
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High-speed internet transforms life, but rural America is left behind
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Disconnected
Electricity transformed rural America nearly a century ago. Now, millions of people on farms and in small towns desperately need broadband.
The true scope of the broadband access problem is unknown because federal data is widely known to underestimate coverage gaps.
Rick Barrett, Kelli Arseneau and Christopher Miller, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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2:10 pm UTC Jun. 3, 2021
Athens, Wis.
- As the last hour of daylight fades, Kat Becker parks across the street from the Peterson/Kraemer funeral home.
Becker shuts off the engine of her powder blue Toyota Prius and reaches for her laptop computer. Her two children, Maple and Ted, peer over her shoulder from the back seat.