20 Tennessee Small Businesses, Rural Companies Receive USDA Grants

Twenty Tennessee Companies Will Be Receiving Loans Or Grants Worth Anywhere From $4,000 To $240,000 As Part Of The United States Department Of Agriculture’s Support Of Agriculture Producers And Rural Small Businesses.

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‘Nearly Doubled’ Foreign Investment In U.S. Farmland Comes Under Scrutiny

A Coalition Of 130 Lawmakers Sent A Letter To A Top Federal Watchdog Raising The Alarm About A Spike In Foreign Ownership Of U.S. Farmland.

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Congress Considers Renewable Energy Spending As Critics Say U.S. Needs Increased Oil Production

The Senate Environment And Public Works Committee Held A Hearing Wednesday To Consider Investing More In Renewable Energy Sources Amid Soaring Gas Prices And International Tension Over The Global Energy Supply.

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New Report Says Biden Energy Policy Is Misleading And Unattainable

Recent Experiences In Three States Provide An Insight Into How Problematic President Joe Biden’s Push For Renewable Energy Could Be For Electric Customers Nationwide.

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Tennessee Below National Average For Renewable Energy Production

Tennessee Has A Long Way To Go To Meet Biden’s Executive Orders To Make The U.S. Carbon Neutral By 2050 With Only 13.9% Of The State’s Power Coming From Renewable Sources.

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Why Biden’s New Dawn Of Net-Zero Is Looking Like A Dark Day For Labor

In all pathways, the vast majority of mines and all coal power plants shutter by 2030, although the coal export business will live on. The ranks of 600,000 natural gas workers fall by more than two-thirds by 2050 in most scenarios. To compensate, the Biden administration pledges that the energy transition will create “millions” of green jobs, but most new jobs will be in the construction of wind and solar farms, which is temporary work and often not in the same regions that provide fossil fuel employment. The pay is significantly lower, too. The median wage for a solar installer is about $45,000 a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Dems Funnel Funds into Tennessee Renewable Energy Projects Amid Reports of Rising Need for Reliable Fuels

The Amount Of Energy Used To Produce One Dollar Of GDP In Tennessee Is Slightly Greater Than The Median Of Other States. This Indicates Tennessee May Need To Determine Their Own Best Practices, Despite What Other States Are Doing.

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