EXCERPT: “The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving grants to 86 projects in Greater Minnesota that will increase access to clean energy and increase the production of biofuels, according to a press release. A combined $26.8 million be disbursed through two programs — $9.2 million from the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, and $17.5 million from Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program, or HBIIP. Both sets of grants will be funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, which the press release calls the country’s largest-ever investment for combatting climate change. ” FULL STORY: https://fluence-media.co/3WYGkiH
