The Biden administration is under fire for prioritizing equity, inclusion and climate change in choosing which infrastructure projects to fund nationwide.
  • ivanafterall@kbin.social
    42·
    10 months ago

    Summary so you don’t have to endure it:

    Ted Cruz is shitting himself because the Department of Transportation put this in a funding notice:

    “Projects that have not sufficiently considered climate change and environmental justice in their planning, as determined by the Department, will be required to do so before receiving funds for construction,” the document adds.

    Thus “woke priorities” for the purposes of seething on Fox News.

  • Sparking
    43·
    10 months ago

    I thought conservatives didn’t like government waste? Seems like roads harmful to the environment shouldn’t get built.

  • ThrowawayOPM
    25·
    10 months ago

    Personally I dont like the term “woke” because its overused and no one knows what it means, but we have crumbling infrastructure and imo that should be the priority here.

          • ThrowawayOPM
            14·
            10 months ago

            Thats my understanding, yes. I’m not a scientist. Cargo ships and cruise liners crossing the ocean is catastrophic, for example.

            • spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works
              12·
              10 months ago

              Okay cool. Wasn’t trying to be disingenuous, just seeing where you stood. There are more than a few that would subscribe to this community that don’t agree with that, so that’s why I asked.

              Now that we have established that, personally I think if there is a “greener” way of doing something, that should be the standard moving forward. I see no issue with the federal government stipulating how the funding is spent in this instance.

              • ThrowawayOPM
                24·
                10 months ago

                I’m torn. It’s the federal’s money to do with as they wish and it’s a fair stipulation, but highway infrastructure is not in a good state and adding stipulations when it’s not in a good state is just making it worse.

                • spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works
                  1·
                  10 months ago

                  Right? Isn’t that a simple solution?

                  Fix the infrastructure in accordance with “the green stipulation” and the feds fund it. And it starts asap. Then the roads are fixed AND it’s done in a way that doesn’t make our climate issues worse.

                  Everyone wins.

                  Why not support this?

                • spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works
                  12·
                  10 months ago

                  The only thing stopping it from being done is the current state government, though. The money is there as long as they do it the proper way.