Kamala Harris promotes the cause of installing solar panels on churches

Vice President Kamala Harris visited North Carolina on Thursday to celebrate the government’s latest spending programs to subsidize green energy projects. “Since I took office, the president and I have made an incredible investment, the largest investment ever to address the climate crisis, about a trillion dollars to a T,” she said with a laugh.

“I had to,” she added with a grin, as she seemed to celebrate her daring on stage. The trip to Charlotte is Harris’ twelfth visit to North Carolina as vice president and fourth trip this year to a key swing state for the 2024 elections. Harris announced the Biden administration’s effort to award $20 billion in grants to subordinated community banks to offer loans for green energy projects.

She spoke about the importance of communities and community leaders, calling it a “special” effort to give money to local communities instead of Washington, DC.

“I really appreciate that the spirit behind the announcements we’re making today is really about our community leaders, and the love, the passion, the dedication, the drive and the ambition that our community leaders have, knowing that what we see and understand who the community is, everyone will benefit,” she added.

Harris said the money could be used by churches to install solar panels on their roofs to generate clean energy. “Imagine a house of worship that can now get a no-interest loan so they can install solar panels to generate clean energy through electricity for the entire neighborhood,” she said.

She said investing in more community banks and clean energy generation projects could help more Charlotte residents make their homes more energy efficient. She said the money would also help make their homes more energy efficient, including “right here in North Carolina to help you lower that monthly Duke energy bill,” she added.

‘Don’t mention it!’ she added with a laugh after the audience politely applauded. ‘Right?’ She said the community loans would help populations struggling with “climate justice” improve their communities by reducing pollution.

“If we’re talking about real people with their dreams and ambitions, responsibilities and obligations, this is a big problem,” she said. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) celebrated the news as a way to “advance environmental justice in underserved communities.”

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