Biden administration offering $450 million to set up solar farms and other clean energy projects at coal mines

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : The actions are among steps the Biden administration is taking as the Democratic president moves to convert the U.S. economy to renewable energy such as wind and solar power, while turning away from coal and other fossil fuels that produce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
63% : Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the bonuses will add new credits of up to 10% for clean energy production in struggling energy communities.
62% : The demonstration projects are expected to be examples for future development, "providing knowledge and experience that catalyze the next generation of clean energy on mine land projects," the Energy Department said.
59% : The White House also said it will allow developers of clean energy projects to take advantage of billions of dollars in new bonuses being offered in addition to investment and production tax credits available through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
52% : Biden highlighted the former Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, calling it the embodiment of the transition to clean energy that he is seeking.
47% : Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy Committee, also slammed Biden last year after the president vowed to shutter coal-fired power plants and rely more heavily on wind and solar energy.
29% : The powerful coal state lawmaker called Biden's comments last November "divorced from reality," adding that they "ignore the severe economic pain" caused by higher energy prices as a result of declining domestic production of coal and other fossil fuels.

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