Energy Block Grants Work Campaign

03/03/2011

Great blog post about a report that some of our colleagues wrote about how communities, especially the small ones, lose out when Congress stops directing funding: http://fundingattractions.blogs.thompson.com/2011/03/03/report-without-earmarks-smallrural-communities-lose-out-2/

A recent report from The Ferguson Group argues that small and rural communities will lose out with earmarks on hold, less able to compete for competitive funds.

11/01/2010

We are all wondering what the election will mean for the Energy Block Grant program. Check out Andy Seth's blog post at http://energyblockgrants.org/blog/

Tomorrow’s election day will provide some light on how steep our effort will be to fund the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program next year. Climate Communities’ Energy Block Grants Work! campaign is demonstrating that the EECBG program is helpin

10/15/2010

Worth reading - a Bipartisan Report on Clean Energy Promotion Published by The Brookings Institute, the American Enterprise Institute and the Breakthrough Institute. http://energyblockgrants.org/bipartisan-report-on-clean-energy-promotion-published/

The Brookings Institute, the American Enterprise Institute and the Breakthrough Institute released an interesting report today on ways to spark a clean energy economy in America. For a Congress struggling to find bipartisan energy solutions, this report from respected think tanks situated on both si...

09/24/2010

Interested in launching renewable energy projects in your community. Climate Communities and ICMA are hosting a community-scale renewable webinar on Wednesday, September 29 at 1 pm Eastern. Visit http://www.climatecommunities.us/webinars.html for more information.

Community-Scale Renewable Energy Initiatives: Technology Selection, Financing and Overcoming Local Barriers

09/24/2010

Join us for the Climate Communities call on Friday, September 24 at 1 pm Eastern to discuss Senator Dodd's proposed Livable Communities Act (S. 1619), which would authorize federal resources to enable local governments and regions to develop and implement plans that integrate housing, transportation and the environment. To register for the call, visit http://www.energyblockgrants.org and "Get Plugged In."

09/22/2010

By the end of this week we will have collected over 30 stories from local governments that are utilizing EECBG dollars to create jobs, save energy, and prevent pollution. We recently launched the new web site for the campaign. Check it out at www.energyblockgrants.org. To download what we have so far, visithttp://www.energyblockgrants.org/res/success-stories.pdf

Funded in 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG) are empowering thousands of cities and counties to create new clean energy jobs through investments in building efficiency, community scale renewable energy, and other pr...