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Biden unveils $7 billion for rooftop solar in Earth Day message

President Joe Biden on Monday commemorated Earth Day by revealing $7 billion in grants for domestic solar projects that will power almost a. million lowincome families.

The statement begins a week of activities aimed at. promoting his administration's record on environment change.

Biden exposed the funding in a speech at Prince William. Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia, where he also revealed that. applications are open to join the American Climate Corps, a. program to prepare young people for jobs in climate-related. industries.

Young voters, who tend to be more concerned about environment. change, are an essential constituency for Biden, a Democrat, as he. prepares to deal with previous President Donald Trump, a Republican, in. the Nov. 5 presidential election.

The $7 billion of solar financing through the Environmental. Protection Firm's Solar for All grant competitors was included. in Biden's landmark climate modification law, the Inflation Reduction. Act. It will develop 200,000 jobs and save households in the. program about $400 a year, according to the White Home.

Solar for All will offer us more breathing space and cleaner. breathing room, Biden said, keeping in mind that low-income households can. invest up to 30% of their paychecks on energy expenses.

Grant recipients include 60 state and local firms and. non-profits with programs to assist homeowners in bad communities. go solar and save money on their power costs. The winners include. numerous companies with plans to supply solar to native. American families in states consisting of Alaska, Arizona, New. Mexico and Colorado.

Residential solar has long been considered as challenging to. access for lower-income Americans because of its high upfront. expense and because less upscale people tend to lease their homes. or live in apartment buildings.

The program is aligned with Biden's goal to direct 40% of. federal tidy energy financial investment advantages to disadvantaged. communities.

Biden's American Environment Corps will release a website,. ClimateCorps.gov, where applicants will have the ability to see 2,000. employment opportunities in 36 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

The program's first class will start in June.

The Climate Corps aims to put more than 20,000 young people. to work by training them, for example, to install solar panels,. run LiDAR cams that detect methane emissions and bring back. mangrove environments, the White House said.

Program participants will have access to pre-apprenticeship. training through a partnership with the North America's Building. Trades Unions and a structured path to federal government. tasks, Biden said.

I will put tens of countless young people to work at the. forefront of our climate durability and tidy energy future,. Biden stated.

A Biden competitor for the presidency likewise held an Earth Day. event on Monday. Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke on keeping the environment in the general public's hands during a. virtual campaign occasion, joined by rich tech attorney Nicole. Shanahan in their very first appearance together since she was. revealed as his running mate in late March.

Recently environmental organizations including the. National Resources Defense Council Action Fund and Sierra Club. released an open letter calling Kennedy a hazardous conspiracy. theorist and science denier whose program would be a catastrophe for. our communities and the planet.

Kennedy's campaign did not have a direct action on the. letter.

(source: Reuters)