Sec. 1505. Assistance for sustainable energy and natural resource management
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Congress finds the following: Access to energy is essential for economic growth, public health, clean water, sanitation, transportation, communication, agricultural activities, and the overall progress of developing countries. Many developing countries lack access to the financial resources and technology necessary to locate, explore, and develop indigenous natural resources. Black carbon contributes to pollution, health concerns, and significantly warms the Earth’s climate system by absorbing radiation, converting it into heat, and releasing heat energy into the atmosphere.
Clean, efficient and renewable energy sources are vital to sustain economic growth and protect human health. Energy must be accessible to the poor in order to ensure that basic human needs are met. Title V of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 ( 22 U.S.C. 3261 et seq. ) requires the United States to work with developing countries in assessing and finding ways to meet their energy needs through alternatives to nuclear energy that are consistent with economic factors, material resources, and environmental protection.
Proper management of natural resources can provide the basis for sustainable development while the mismanagement and unregulated exploitation of natural resources has fueled conflict and corruption in many countries around the world. The Administrator is authorized to use funds made available under this chapter for programs to promote clean energy technologies, responsible stewardship of natural resources, and reliable access by the poor to energy. Assistance authorized under subsection
(b)shall include the following: Development of sound national energy and electricity plans. Improving the efficiency of electricity transmission, distribution, and consumption. Building local capacity to monitor and regulate the energy sector. Improving the availability of renewable electricity generation from wind, solar, sustainably and locally produced biomass, geothermal, marine, or hydrokinetic sources. Expanding the deployment of low or zero emission technologies. Increasing access to clean energy technologies, especially in rural areas. Improving transportation system and vehicle efficiency. Reducing black carbon emissions, including through the use of clean cookstoves. Building local capacity to operate, maintain and improve clean energy technologies. Mitigating the impacts of energy alternatives on natural resources and natural ecosystems Enhancing the transparency of revenues generated from natural resource extraction. Improving the security of land tenure and property rights, especially for marginalized groups. Building local capacity to assess, monitor, and regulate access to natural resources and to evaluate the social and environmental effects of extraction. Improving local capacity to assess the value of environmental services.
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