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Trump moves to gut more agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries, clean energy and National Monuments

Trump has signed an executive order seeking to eliminate several additional federal agencies, including one that oversees the federally funded media outlet
⭐️Voice of America (VOA),
🔥testing the limits of his authoritative power as he seeks to shrink the size and scope of the federal bureaucracy.

One order signed Friday night calls for the agencies
— some of which are focused on business enterprises, and services and prevention
— to “be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”

It also instructs the heads of agencies to “reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law,”
and submit a report to the Office of Management and Budget director confirming full compliance within seven days.

A second executive order revoked 19 executive actions signed by President Joe Biden that promoted and environmental goals.

The order terminates proclamations of created by Biden
and ends the use of the Defense Production Act to expand the U.S. manufacturing of clean energy technology
(including mandates for electric heat pumps and ),
among other Biden-era policies
washingtonpost.com/politics/20

The Washington Post · Trump guts several agencies, targeting Voice of America, librariesBy Brianna Tucker
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@wall0159 @smallsolar I wonder if you can pick up a #recycled #doubleglazed window panel to make the heater box? There are plenty of foam panels available now to #insulate the sides and back of the box now. Even the local hardware stores sell them here.

The insulating the pipes into and out of the house.

Hmmm... folks I think you are onto somthing!

The other thing I have seen folks #experiment with was passing a small garden irrigation pipe along the back of #solar #panels to cool them down.

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Und dann gibt es noch so kleinere Sachen:

☀️ Das #Solarcamp und solar Selbstbau fördern.

☀️ #Solar am #Zaun wird immer mehr Thema, auch das sollte man unterstützen. Wir schlagen vor dazu Veranstaltungen zu machen.
Mehr Infos: balkon.solar/zaun

☀️ Die Zweitverwertung von #Solarpanels fördern. Denn es kommen oft alte #Panels vom Dach, etwa bei Sanierungen und könnten noch weiterlaufen, aber es braucht dann einen Lagerplatz, usw...

☀️ #Denkmalschutz ist kein Grund #Solar am #Balkon oder Dach zu verbieten! Das entscheiden immer wieder Gerichte und das sollte das Denkmalschutzamt auch umsetzen.

☀️ Den ganzen Brief zum Nachlesen und die Pressemitteilung gibts auf unserer Website:
balkon.solar/news/2025/01/11/b