“What this bill will do is reduce the availability of energy, increase costs for energy that’s coming on the grid, and make it more difficult to pull innovative American technologies that will produce clean energy towards the market.”
Learn MoreClick to read Republicans propose gutting Biden climate bill for Trump tax cuts>“The best way to address higher energy costs is to build renewable energy projects that are less capital intensive and are quicker to get off the ground than a natural gas plant.”
Learn MoreClick to read At least 31 states consider overhauling renewable energy siting>NYT: “Other countries are rapidly scaling up investments in green steel, green cement, low-carbon manufacturing,” said Lindsey Baxter Griffith, chief executive of Clean Tomorrow, a nonprofit organization focused on technological innovation in energy. “Without a clear strategy here, we risk falling behind.”
Learn MoreClick to read Republican Budget Bill Aims to End I.R.A. Clean Energy Boom>“It’s hard to overstate how much these cuts really undermine the administration’s stated mission of outcompeting China,” said Marcela Mulholland, a former official at the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations who now leads advocacy at the nonpartisan climate group Clean Tomorrow. “While we’re fighting about DOGE, China is barreling forward.”
Learn MoreClick to read ‘It’s bleak’: Trump prepares to gut investments to clean up heavy industry>“We need these capabilities. We need that commercial muscle in our federal apparatus to be able to actually innovate those technologies and then bring them to market to stay competitive,”
Learn MoreClick to read Policy, tax uncertainty holding back US clean energy development>Why it matters: Interior, DOE and EPA will be central to carrying out the president-elect’s plans to expand oil and gas drilling and roll back regulations on car and power plant emissions.
Learn MoreClick to read Trump Energy and Environment Nominees Hit the Hill>The United States is the midst of a rapidly changing — and demanding — energy transition and could be well positioned to lead globally if it continues to embrace innovation and make significant investment in research and development, a group says. “We want to work with anyone who’s serious about getting things done and reducing […]
Learn MoreClick to read Group closely eyeing hearings on 3 key Trump nominees in energy>President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act appropriated $145.4 billion in spending for climate efforts. It’s unclear how much of it the administration has protected from President-elect Donald Trump.
Learn MoreClick to read POLITICO: The mystery number that’s key to whether Biden’s spending survives>The leaders of the new environmental group Clean Tomorrow view themselves as “climate closers.”
Learn MoreClick to read POLITICO Pro: Capitol Hill, DOE alumni launch new climate group>