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Biden: ​‘Nobody can reverse’ U.S. clean energy momentum

By Dan Haugen

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CLIMATE: During a visit to Brazil’s Amazon rainforest to highlight the threat of climate change, President Biden declares that ​“nobody can reverse” America’s ​“clean energy revolution.” (Associated Press)

ALSO:

OIL & GAS: President-elect Trump names Chris Wright, a climate denier and oil and gas industry executive who once drank fracking fluid on camera to argue it was not dangerous, to lead the U.S. Department of Energy. (The Guardian)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Donald Trump’s plans to repeal a $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit could be a major blow to auto manufacturers who have invested billions in EV and battery factories. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

EFFICIENCY: Experts say the Biden administration’s appliance efficiency rules will be hard for Trump to roll back, but the incoming president could decide not to update standards for the next four years. (Washington Post)

INDUSTRY:

  • Clean energy and environmental justice advocates push the owner of a Michigan steel making facility to replace its blast furnace with new technology that could run on clean hydrogen. (Energy News Network)
  • A new report quantifies the enormous amount of clean electricity that will be required to decarbonize the U.S. steel industry. (Canary Media)

GRID:

BATTERIES:

OFFSHORE WIND: A coalition of trade unions urges Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island to triple their offshore wind procurement targets to help meet climate goals and create jobs. (Inside Climate News)

NUCLEAR: As surveys show growing support for nuclear power, activists say more widely available information on the technology is overcoming fears stoked by the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl disasters. (Los Angeles Times)

COAL: Wyoming’s coal production is expected to fall below 200 million tons for the first time since 1992. (Cowboy State Daily)

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