Luján Highlights New Mexico’s National Laboratories In Meeting With Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) met with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to discuss the American Jobs Plan.
During the meeting, Senator Luján highlighted the need to drive investments for New Mexico’s National Laboratories and champion a Clean Energy Standard to address the climate crisis.
Sen. Luján secured key investments in the American Jobs Plan to upgrade research infrastructure at National Laboratories across the nation and establish an Energy Efficiency and Clean Electricity Standard (EECES) to modernize power generation and deliver clean electricity.
Bidenomics: Opportunities in green infrastructure May 06, 2021 By Funds Europe
Paul Flood, portfolio manager at Newton Investment Management, reflects on Joe Biden’s green infrastructure plans and what opportunities they present for global investors.
After a year dominated by the global Covid-19 pandemic, the start of 2021 brought a glimmer of hope as the vaccine rollout presented a light at the end of the tunnel, and subtle signs pointed to the start of global economic recovery. Whilst these positive signals do not indicate the worst is behind us for good, global sentiment has shifted to a much brighter outlook.
Looking back over the past year, one major silver lining emerged: renewed interest in sustainability efforts worldwide. Whilst the wheels of a greener economy transition were already in motion, the pandemic altered the lens through which we see the world: people realised that our time here on Earth should not be taken for granted. The world began to realise action
28 April 2021
The White House has begun setting ambitious and tangible milestones to achieve a 100% clean grid in the coming decades, establishing a 2030 target of 80% clean power en route to the Biden Administration’s stated ambition of a fully decarbonised grid by the year 2035.
The target is uniquely ambitious and incorporates the use of wind, solar, nuclear and carbon capture, reported Reuters. The announcement comes alongside a new analysis from research firm Energy Innovation that demonstrates achieving the ambition would result in a windfall of benefits to US regions, including $1.5 trillion USD in clean power investment.
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The following remarks were made last week by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen’s to the Institute of International Finance.
I first started working on climate change in the 1990s, advising President Clinton as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the run-up to the 1997 Kyoto Conference of Parties. We understood that the potential cost of climate change was significant.
Of course, we know what the trajectory has been ever since. Over the past 30 years, the incidence of natural disasters has dramatically increased, and the actual and future potential cost to the economy has skyrocketed. We are now in a situation where climate change is an existential risk to our future economy and way of life. If left unaddressed, climate change will leave us grappling with fundamental questions like: What are the consequences for our coastal cities and communities? What will happen to our farmers and cost of food after droughts and flooding decimate farmland? How wil