• Politics

Biden Administration Considering Revamped Clean Energy Plan

• Biden Administration
• CEPP
• federal budget
• Joe Manchin

By Natasha Lasky, ODP Staff Writer The White House is considering new clean energy strategies for President Biden’s budget package to potentially replace measures blocked by coal-state Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The administration is considering an expansion of grants and loans for agricultural and industrial businesses to help them transition to cleaner energy, […]

• Politics

Cornerstone Climate Policy on the Chopping Block in Budget Bill Debate

• CEPP
• federal budget
• Joe Biden
• Joe Manchin

By Amy Lupica, ODP Daily Editor Vital climate measures in the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) may be on the chopping block as the debate over President Biden’s extensive budget package continues in Congress. Senator Joe Manchin III (D-WV) is leading the charge to cut the CEPP, telling the White House he strongly opposes the […]

• Climate Change

Biden’s Budget Pledges $36B for Climate, Nearly Doubling Federal Spending On It

• budget
• climate change
• climate justice
• federal budget
• fossil fuels
• FY22 budget
• subsidies

The Biden administration released its detailed budget proposal on Friday and it contained $36 billion in total for climate, a huge increase in climate-related spending. 

Why This Matters:  Biden is making good on campaign promises, and he proposes to pay for it by keeping another promise and ending subsidies to fossil fuels that would have cost billions.

• Energy

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Cheat Sheet — Where Are They?

• federal budget
• fossil fuel subsidies
• tax breaks
• tax code
• taxes

In 2019, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) published a “Fact Sheet” on fossil fuel subsidies and their societal cost. Agencies could start their search there.  Many of these subsidies have been around for a century, and often the circumstances relevant at the time subsidies were implemented no longer exist.