Table 1
Annual spending in year four of a four-year, $2 trillion infrastructure, clean energy, and energy efficiency program
| Program category | Annual spending (billions$) |
|---|---|
| Infrastructure program elements | |
| Surface transportation | $105.9 |
| Water/wastewater treatment | $10.1 |
| Electricity | $17.0 |
| Airports | $4.0 |
| Inland waterways/ports | $1.4 |
| Dams | $3.8 |
| Hazardous and solid waste | $0.7 |
| Levees | $6.7 |
| Public parks and recreation | $9.8 |
| Rail | $2.8 |
| Schools | $36.5 |
| Natural gas pipelines | $17.6 |
| Broadband | $33.7 |
| Total | $250 |
| Renewable energy | |
| Wind | $84.4 |
| Solar energy | $84.4 |
| Geothermal energy | $18.8 |
| Energy efficiency | |
| Building retrofits | $29.3 |
| Industrial efficiency | $4.9 |
| High-efficiency autos | $4.9 |
| Land and agriculture | |
| Land restoration | $7.8 |
| Agriculture | $15.6 |
| Total | $250 |
Notes: This table takes the $500 billion that would be spent annually as part of a four-year, $2 trillion spending proposal and allocates it in proportion to spending assumptions in Sierra Club 2020, a report analyzed by the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (Pollin and Chakraborty 2020). Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Source: Authors’ analysis of Pollin and Chakraborty 2020 and Chakraborty 2020.
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