#EVChargers #NEVI #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw
"I asked Loren McDonald what his thoughts were on this latest cancellation, and he, among others, doesn’t think the FHWA has the authority to stop the NEVI program with a memo – it would need a change in law from Congress..."

Trump just canceled the federal NEVI EV charger program

"Trump's FHWA has issued a memo ordering states to suspend all state EV infrastructure deployment plans under the NEVI Formula Program."
https://electrek.co/2025/02/06/trump-just-canceled-the-federal-nevi-ev-charger-program/

#InflationReductionAct #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw
The pause on disbursing funds appropriated through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is laid out in a section of a broader executive order on “Unleashing American Energy,” entitled “Terminating the Green New Deal.”

Trump freezes Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure-law funding
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/policy-regulation/trump-orders-freeze-on-inflation-reduction-act-infrastructure-law-funding

The #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw is promising an easier way out of my neighborhood in the future, when construction is done. Thank you, President Biden, VP Harris and Congress for improvements to #Infrastructure !

#DemCast

https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/bend-awarded-32-million-for-reed-ma

#EVCharging #ElonMusk #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw
*In case you missed it
"The irony, of course, is that while Tesla is more than happy to take the federal government’s money, its CEO has spent months tweeting about how Biden is ruining the country..."

Elon Musk Laid Off Supercharger Team After Taking $17 Million in Federal Charging Grants

"Despite its CEO railing against Biden, Tesla was more than happy to take the administration's money."
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-tesla-supercharger-team-layoff-biden-grants-1851448227

More than $7.5 million in federal funding will be used to help remove lead from homes in Houston.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2024/10/10/502533/houston-receives-7-5-million-in-hud-funding-to-combat-lead-exposure/

#HealthScience #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #BidenHarrisAdministration #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw #HoustonWater #LeadPipes #USDepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment

National #Forests Are Being Replanted Post-#Wildfire Thanks to the #Biden-#Harris Infrastructure Bill https://time.com/7021976/replanting-national-forests-infrastructure-bill-success/ #USpol

"we are doing this work faster and better than ever before thanks to a provision tucked in the #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw... In the Act’s first two years, the US #ForestService reforested 360,000 acres, reducing the agency’s backlog by 10%. By the end of this third year of implementation in 2024, that accomplishment is projected to reach 15%."

Houston received a $3.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to study possible solutions for reducing emergency response times to vehicle accidents.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2024/09/05/498671/houston-awarded-federal-grant-to-study-emergency-response-traffic-accidences/

#Houston #Local #News #Texas #Transportation #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw #FederalGrant #HoustonFireDepartment #HoustonPoliceDepartment #HoustonTraffic #USDepartmentOfTransportation