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January 7, 2026
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The President enacted the La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act (P.L. 119-68). Reps. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) had reintroduced the bill to permit the transfer of federal lands to Arizona’s La Paz County for solar energy development. The project is expected to create more than 700 jobs, and the resulting solar park would have enough solar and battery storage capacity to power about 75,000 homes.
Reps. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) and Eugene Vindman (D-Va.) introduced H.R.6934 to establish a means-tested assistance program for national flood insurance program policyholders. To learn more about government assistance to extreme weather and other natural disasters, check out EESI’s rapid readout on the future of FEMA.
To catch up on all of the recent environmental and energy legislation in Congress, read the pdf here.
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