Molly Christian

President Joe Biden released an executive order Dec. 8 that calls on the federal government to produce net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, aligning with Biden’s target to decarbonize the broade

Past proposals on the topic from U.S. Congress have focused on carbon-intensive products including steel, aluminum and coal.

Industry experts say the U.S. Department of Energy subsidy program is just one of many policy actions needed to preserve and expand the country’s civilian nuclear power fleet.

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s worries over newly released inflation figures could delay or jettison Democrats’ hopes to enact a massive package of clean energy tax credits.

Leaders of a powerful US congressional committee asked the heads of four large cryptocurrency mining companies to share data on their energy usage and what resources meet their electricity demand amid concerns that the energy-intensive industry could exacerbate climate change.

A potentially divided U.S. Congress will make big moves on energy and climate policy in the next two years more difficult but not impossible, experts said.

A restored Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives could inhibit the Biden administration’s climate plans, but the GOP will face opposition from a Democratic-controlled Senate and White House.

Achieving lofty US climate goals will require “thousands of miles of new high voltage transmission lines all across our country,” US Vice President Kamala Harris said Jan. 19.

The energy industry also awaits nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which has one open seat and another pending vacancy after 2023.

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