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With the first half of the 151st General Assembly completed, we wanted to take a moment to share with you our progress on several key issues.
We share many of the same goals and values a majority of Delawareans hold, and this legislative session the General Assembly has passed or advanced many of the key initiatives we pledged to take on. Many of the issues we’ve tackled haven’t garnered headlines but nonetheless will benefit people across the state, and we want to highlight them here.
The General Assembly overwhelmingly passed the Clean Water for Delaware Act, which immediately invests $50 million in clean water projects that will rebuild Delaware’s drinking water infrastructure, prevent flooding in vulnerable communities, and keep contamination out of our waterways. We passed the Drinking Water Protection Act, which will establish a process for development of an enforceable limit for dangerous substances known as “forever chemicals,” such as PFAS. Delaware will eliminate single-use plastic bags at most retail businesses by July 1, 2022 under a new law approved this year. We passed a law enabling community-based solar projects to increase renewable energy offerings. And we have passed a law increasing Delaware’s Renewable Portfolio Standard to reach 40% renewable energy by 2035.
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