Congress has passed a reconciliation bill for 2025. It has been misleadingly branded “One Big Beautiful Bill” by Donald Trump and Republicans, but it’s really One Big Bad Budget Bill. We’ve already covered it a bit, and I’m sure we will write much more about it in the coming days, … [continued]
Since President Biden took office, investments in electric vehicle and battery manufacturing in the United States have skyrocketed to $312 billion, more than any other country. Total investment commitments by EV and EV battery manufacturers, by region. The United States is the top nation for attracting investments in electric vehicle … [continued]
Four final rules deliver on the Biden-Harris Administration’s day-one commitment to lead on climate action and to protect all communities from pollution WASHINGTON — Today, April 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a suite of final rules to reduce pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants in order to protect … [continued]
Annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) Shows Strength in Clean Energy Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week released the 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER), a comprehensive study designed to track and understand employment trends across the energy sector and within key … [continued]
You know that feeling when you awake from a long nightmare and see the sun shining outside? Yes, that’s what it feels like today. The US presidential election results have been confirmed in favor of President-elect Joe Biden
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented public health crisis that has overwhelmed our already thinly stretched public health resources and forced Americans to make difficult economic choices. With millions of workers finding themselves unemployed or working through this pandemic there are big questions about how we can keep workers safe while still allowing everyone to make ends meet.
Saturday saw the long-awaited COP21 UN climate summit succeed in adopting a new climate change agreement, causing a frenzy of responses from officials, businesses, and climate organisations around the world. Below are several notable responses. — “In my first inaugural address, I committed this country to the tireless task of … [continued]
With Dr. Ernest Moniz officially confirmed at the next US Secretary of Energy, leading cleantech and green groups are getting their statements out regarding what they think of this. Here are a few I thought were worth publishing, followed by some of my own thoughts: EDF President Fred Krupp: Today’s unanimous … [continued]
The State of the Union (SOTU) address is obviously a pretty big deal. Tina wrote up a great piece for CleanTechnica on this year’s speech, but other cleantech and environmental thought leaders also made some noteworthy comments this week that I wanted to share with all of you. Before the … [continued]
John Kerry has officially been confirmed as the new US Secretary of State. In my humble opinion, Kerry has been one of the best Congressman of the past couple decades. I’m more than happy to see that he will now be Secretary of State. Kerry is a definite “Climate Hawk,” … [continued]
