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Biden awards $830 million to toughen nation's infrastructure against climate change (apnews.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ, is Lemmy already at Reddit levels of not-reading-the-article and just assuming the worst? The comments used to be actually ok but here is almost everyone just making snarky comments that clearly didn't read the article and assuming that this is the only money that Biden has approved.

It literally says it's part of $50 billion earmarked for climate change related infrastructure.

Sure, complain that we spend way too much on military, but maybe you people should try and be better, examine your biases, and stop being part of the problem.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Fully agreed with you. I'm also trying to improve, so sometimes I go back to my reply and add what action I want to see after I'm done venting my snark.

Kinda crazy and awesome that the 2021 bill is benefiting so many years after it's passed.