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Copy Link President Biden has set a goal of making the U.S. carbon neutral by 2050, which will require steeper emissions cuts than the U.S. has ever achieved. To reach it, coal power would have to wane into a footnote, replaced by renewables like solar and wind.  (Alex Wong/Getty Images) In a flurry of first-week executive orders, President Biden sent a definitive message that his administration would move faster on climate change than any before. Now, the question is whether it will be fast enough. Scientists warn that the coming decade will be critical for slowing heat-trapping emissions, ...

Biden signed an executive order to bring the US back into the accord. What happens next?

Join leading policy, industry, and technical experts in a discussion of renewable natural gas as a climate strategy and current experience, trends, and opportunities in U.S. states and regions.

STATEMENT: President-Elect Biden Selects Dynamic, Diverse Team to Lead US Climate Action Statement - December 18, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden has selected a highly-qualified and diverse group of leaders who will be responsible for setting the agenda and advancing climate action across his administration. This group includes: Tom Vilsack, Department of Agriculture; Brenda Mallory, Council on Environmental Quality; Jennifer Granholm, Department of Energy; Michael Regan, Environmental Protection Agency; Deb Haaland, Department of Interior; and Pete Buttigieg, Department of Transportation. In ...

Advocates of clean energy may get a last-minute present from Congress this year in the form of a bipartisan package of programs to boost funding for renewable energy, energy storage, electric vehicles, carbon capture and other low-carbon and electric technologies.  These are some of the programs included in an energy package now being considered for inclusion in the omnibus spending bill Congress is set to vote on by Friday. The draft legislative language, first reported to be part of the spending bill on Monday, pulls from several energy bills that lawmakers were unable to pass earlier i...