Posts tagged Doee
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Phil Mendelson restores some, but not all, streetcar and solar funding
For the first vote on DC's budget on May 30, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson slashed streetcar funding and a program that provides incentives for more solar power in DC. The budget lacked money necessary to extend the streetcar to Benning Road, never mind downtown. Now, he's proposing to bring back some but not all of the lost funding. Keep reading…
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What Paris agreement? Solar power loses in Mendelson’s budget
The DC Streetcar wasn’t the only program suddenly cut when DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson released his budget on May 30. One of the others, a fund that supports solar power projects in DC, was raided for $7.5 million. The second and final vote on the budget is Tuesday, giving DC’s 13 councilmembers a chance to make a statement about whether they stand for clean energy. Keep reading…