They argue that the department violated federal law, including the Energy Policy Conservation Act, by exempting the newly created class of dishwashers from federal efficiency standards. In addition, such appliances would use more electricity per cycle and thus cost more to run, said the lawsuits.
“As millions of Americans across the country struggle to pay their electricity bills, the Trump administration chooses to dismantle cost-saving energy efficiency standards,” Mr. Becerra said in a statement. “The goal of today’s lawsuit is simple: hold the Department of Energy accountable for its unlawful action and safeguard a program that saves consumers money and decreases pollution to our environment.”
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A special climate envoy with an eye on a carbon tax
In November, Biden selected John Kerry, former Secretary of State and Massachusetts senator, as his special presidential envoy for climate issues. Kerry, who has a well-established track record with climate policy, will be the first-ever official on the National Security Council dedicated to climate change. This new cabinet-level position will allow Kerry to elevate climate issues to the forefront of the new administration’s agenda.
John Kerry has a history of pushing cooperation on climate issues across party and international lines. In 2009, he attempted to pass an ambitious bipartisan climate bill with members of the Senate from all sides of the aisle. As Secretary of State, he negotiated a cooperative climate agreement with China in 2014 and brokered U.S. involvement with the Paris Agreement. In 2019, he spearheaded World War Zero, a bipartisan coalition of more than 60 politicians and celebrities collaborating to combat th
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President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday introduced key members of his environmental team and said his administration would make the fight against global warming a pillar of his drive to rebuild the pandemic-hit US economy.
Mr Biden said these nominees will lead my Administration s ambitious plan to address an existential threat of our time - climate change. Folks, we re in a crisis, Mr Biden said at the event in Wilmington, Delaware. Just like we need to be a unified nation to respond to COVID-19, we need a unified national response to climate change.
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The nominees introduced on Saturday include Representative Deb Haaland of New Mexico to be Interior Secretary.
Biden assembles team to enact ambitious climate agenda Rachel Frazin and Rebecca Beitsch © Getty Images Biden assembles team to enact ambitious climate agenda
President-elect Joe Biden has assembled his climate cabinet, the officials who will be responsible for enacting the most ambitious plan to fight global warming ever proposed by a U.S. administration.
The agency heads and Cabinet secretaries will be in charge of implementing Biden s proposal, which calls for reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 and a carbon neutral power sector by 2035, as well as incorporating union jobs and racial equality into the solutions.
To get that done, he s put former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) in charge of the Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) veteran Michael Regan in charge of that agency, Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) in charge of public lands and former 2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg in charge of transportation.
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