• Politics

Battle Lines Being Drawn on Biden Climate Plan

• clean energy
• climate change
• Department of Energy
• energy security
• jobs
• oil and gas

The Biden administration’s climate change Executive actions have drawn fire from Republicans in confirmation hearings, on Twitter, and in conservative media.  The opposition arguments focused on partisanship, process, security and jobs.  The Republicans argued that the President’s order “takes a sledgehammer to the economy” and was politically motivated to hurt schools in red states and threatened to sue.  Senate Republicans blamed climate leaders at the White House.  For example, four Republican Senators voted against Governor Jennifer Granholm for Energy Secretary, even though they say she is qualified, in protest over the President’s clean energy agenda, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Why This Matters:  It is really rich to call ending subsidies and other government goodies for fossil fuel companies an “attack” on kids and the economy

• People

Interview with Jason Bordoff, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University

• clean energy
• Columbia University
• energy
• Infrastructure
• jobs
• oil and gas

This week, we sat down with Jason Bordoff, who served on the National Security Council staff in the Obama Administration and then founded the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.

• People

Interview With Gina McCarthy: EPA And Joe Biden Have a Sweet History

• clean power plan
• climate crisis
• environment
• EPA
• fracking
• Infrastructure
• jobs
• Natural Resources

This week, we spoke to former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy about the 50th anniversary of the agency’s creation.  McCarthy is excited about the agency being able to return to its mission, re-establish its science, and put people first again. EPA has a really rich 50-year history and certainly that history is not about killing jobs […]

• People

New Pew Poll Shows Rising Global Concern Over Climate and Environment

• climate change
• conservation
• environment
• greenhouse gas emissions
• jobs
• pollution

In its annual survey of attitudes about climate change and environmental issues in countries around the world, the Pew Research Center concluded that across the board, half or more of the people surveyed consider climate change to be a very serious problem.

Why This Matters:  While some (Fox News, e.g.) might want you to think that protecting the environment and fighting climate change are in opposition to job creation and economic growth.

• Energy

Could a Growing Green Economy Turn Texas Blue?

• #PoliticalClimate
• jobs
• Political Climate
• renewable energy
• Solar
• Texas
• wind

As Hurricane Laura pounds Texas with winds over a hundred miles an hour, looking ahead to the future of wind power in the state is more than a little ironic. From a climate perspective, the rapid expansion of low-carbon energy resources in Texas couldn’t come soon enough. 

Why This Matters: Texas has dominated the U.S. crude oil and natural gas industry since the early 20th century and remains the leading producer of these fossil fuel resources.

• Politics

On Jobs: Biden vs. Trump

• Biden
• economy
• green economy
• green jobs
• jobs
• Trump

The climate plan that Joe Biden released this week is ultimately a jobs plan–one that envisions our nation on a sustainable trajectory with abundant jobs provided by the build-out of a clean energy economy. Biden received the endorsement of multiple unions for his plan and seized the opportunity to present a vision of America that […]