Biden’s Climate Plan: We’ll Break it Down for You
In March, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass the “American Jobs Plan.” The plan would achieve 100% clean electricity nationwide by 2035. It would invest $100 billion to modernize the grid, $400 billion in incentives for wind and solar and other renewables, $222 billion for electric vehicle research and charging stations, $10 billion in a “Climate Crisis Corps,” and more. It also calls for equity and justice at every step, with investments in underserved communities like removing lead pipes from every single community in America.
Join our webinar to learn more about President Biden’s climate plan! Hear firsthand why the plan is a fantastic first step towards ending the climate crisis. On the webinar, you’ll learn how we can make the plan better and, most importantly, what we need to do to get it passed by Congress THIS YEAR.
Speakers:- Leah Stokes of Evergreen Action
- Ben Beachy of Sierra Club
- Andres Jimenez of Green 2.0
American Jobs Plan Overview
Table modified by Hill Heat from the Committee for a Responsible Budget from the White House’s Fact Sheet.
| 10-Year Estimate | |
|---|---|
| Invest in Transportation Infrastructure | $621 billion |
| Invest in Electric Vehicles (EV), including consumer rebates to purchase EVs, grants and incentives to build 500,000 new charging stations, and replacing and electrifying federal vehicle fleet | $174 billion |
| Modernize bridges, highways, roads, and main streets in critical need of repair | $115 billion |
| Modernize public transit | $85 billion |
| Improve passenger and freight rail service | $80 billion |
| Improve infrastructure resilience by safeguarding critical infrastructure and services, defending vulnerable communities, and maximizing resilience of land and water resources | $50 billion |
| Improve airports | $25 billion |
| Establish dedicated fund for beneficial projects to regional or national economy | $25 billion |
| Improve road safety and establish Safe Streets for All program | $20 billion |
| Establish program to reconnect neighborhoods and ensure new projects increase opportunity | $20 billion |
| Improve ports and waterways | $17 billion |
| Other spending | $10 billion |
| Invest in Domestic Manufacturing, Research & Development, and Job Training Initiatives | $590 billion |
| Provide additional funding for domestic manufacturing, investing in capital access programs, supporting modernizing supply chains, and creating a new financing program to support debt and equity investments | $52 billion |
| Provide additional funding to the National Science Foundation | $50 billion |
| Establish Department of Commerce office to monitor domestic industrial capacity and to fund investments in the production of critical goods | $50 billion |
| Provide funding for semiconductor manufacturing and research | $50 billion |
| Provide funding for workforce development infrastructure and worker protection | $48 billion |
| Support clean energy manufacturing with federal procurement | $46 billion |
| Provide funding to upgrade research infrastructure in laboratories | $40 billion |
| Establish Dislocated Workers Program and invest in sector-based training | $40 billion |
| Provide additional funding for climate change research and development | $35 billion |
| Provide funding for community-based small business incubators and innovation hubs | $31 billion |
| Provide additional funding for research and development to spur innovation and job creation | $30 billion |
| Protect against future pandemics through medical countermeasures | $30 billion |
| Establish regional innovation hubs and Community Revitalization Fund | $20 billion |
| Create centers of excellence that serve as research incubators for HBCUs and MSIs | $15 billion |
| Provide additional funding to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | $14 billion |
| Provide funding for workforce development in underserved communities | $12 billion |
| Provide funding for research and development at HBCUs and other MSIs | $10 billion |
| Provide funding for enforcement of workforce protections | $10 billion |
| Establish Rural Partnership Program | $5 billion |
| Other manufacturing investments | $2 billion |
| Expand Home Care Services and Provide Additional Support for Care Workers | $400 billion |
| Expand access to long-term, home and community-based care services under Medicaid and extend the Money Follows the Person program | $400 billion |
| Clean Energy Tax Credits | ~$400 billion |
| Improve Housing Stock, Modernize Schools and Child Care Facilities, and Upgrade VA Hospitals and Federal Buildings | $328 billion |
| Build over a million energy efficient housing units and eliminate certain zoning & land use policies | $126 billion |
| Provide direct grants to upgrade and build new public schools, with an additional $50 billion leveraged through bonds | $50 billion |
| Provide funding to improve public housing system | $40 billion |
| Establish Clean Energy & Sustainability Accelerator | $27 billion |
| Establish Child Care Growth and Innovation Fund and provide tax credits to encourage businesses to build child care facilities | $25 billion |
| Incentivize the building or rehabilitation of over 500,000 homes for low- and middle-income homebuyers with a Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (NHIA) tax credit | $20 billion |
| Modernize VA hospitals and clinics | $18 billion |
| Improve community college facilities and technology | $12 billion |
| Modernize federal buildings through bipartisan Federal Capital Revolving Fund | $10 billion |
| Invest in Broadband, Electrical Grid, and Clean Drinking Water | $311 billion |
| Purchase 100% carbon-free power for federal buildings. | |
| Establish an Energy Efficiency and Clean Electricity Standard (EECES) of 100% carbon-free power (including nuclear and hydropower) by 2035 | |
| Provide funding to build high-speed broadband, reduce the cost of broadband internet service, and promote transparency and competition | $100 billion |
| Invest in power infrastructure | $100 billion |
| Upgrade and modernize drinking water supplies through grants and low-cost flexible loans to states, Tribes, territories, and disadvantaged communities | $56 billion |
| Replace all lead pipes and service lines | $45 billion |
| Provide funding to monitor PFAS substances in drinking water and invest in rural small water systems & household well & wastewater systems | $10 billion |
| Plug orphan oil and gas wells and cleaning up abandoned mines | $16 billion |
| Remediate and redevelop Brownfield and Superfund sites | $5 billion |
| Establish the Civilian Climate Corps | $10 billion |
| Total | ~$2.65 trillion |