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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 7 months ago

Biden awards $830 million to toughen nation's infrastructure against climate change

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Biden awards $830 million to toughen nation's infrastructure against climate change

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 7 months ago

The Biden administration is handing out almost $830 million in grants for 80 projects around the country aimed at toughening infrastructure against the extreme weather of climate change.

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Pretty sure this is less than the US spent shooting down Iranian drones this weekend.
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  What was that estimate again? Something on the order of 1.8 billion?

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