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Barack Obama signed the Paris Agreement in 2015. Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Agreement and supported the fossil fuel economy. Will President Joe Biden follow through with his aggressive climate, clean energy plan?
International
Time for the United States to compete with China in global clean energy finance – Energi Talks podcast with Dr. Johannes Urpelainen of Johns Hopkins
Why is the Biden, Trudeau “renewal roadmap” so light on energy? – video interview with Prof. Monica Gattinger, University of Ottawa
It’s in Canada’s economic interest to be inside Biden’s clean energy tent – video interview with Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada
National
Biden shakes up the auto industry, commits EVs being 50% of new car sales by 2030 – video interview with Sam Abuelsamid, automotive engineer and EV analyst
SolarAPP+ reduces US residential solar permitting times to…zero seconds? – video interview with Mark Parthum, Accela
10 steps to meet President Biden’s clean electricity target – video interview with Bryce Yonker, CEO of Grid Forward
Biden spending $100 billion to modernize US power grid – video interview with Rob Gramlich, executive director of Americans for a Clean Energy Grid
Biden’s climate ambitions require US power grid innovation. Fortunately, the technology has arrived – video interview with Jenny Erwin of Smart Wires
Biden electrifying US govt fleet of 640,000 vehicles. Tipping point for EV adoption? – video interview with Joel Levin of non-profit PluginAmerica
Trump tried to silence scientists, but that only made them more politically active – video interview with Dr. Gretchen Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists
Canadian-born Jennifer Granholm is Biden Administration’s secretary of energy – video interview with Ramanan Krishnimoorti, chief energy officer of the University of Houston
Renewables developer BluEarth rapidly growing in US, says Canada decades behind Americans – video interview with Grant Arnold, CEO of BluEarth Renewables
Carbon pricing is over-hyped…more regulation, industrial policy needed to reduce emissions – interview with Dr. Danny Cullenward
Biden climate politics explained – video interview with Ryan Kennedy, associate professor of political science at the University of Houston
Implementing Joe Biden’s aggressive climate policies
American greenhouse gas emissions falling due entirely to electricity sector
China rises and America is nervous
50% of US shale production failing by 2025? – video interview with economist Ed Hirs
California
100% electric trucks in California by 2045
California electrifies big trucks – video interview with Sydney Vergis of the California Air Resources Board
California’s power resource challenge holds lessons for clean energy transitions worldwide – article by International Energy Agency
Smoke from California wildfires decreases solar generation – article by the US Energy Information Administration
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest electricity going carbon-free without natural gas?
Texas
Understanding the 2021 winter blackout in Texas – video interview with Dr. Josh Busby, University of Texas at Austin
Texas power outages due to frozen natural gas infrastructure, not wind turbines – video interview with Prof. Joshua Rhodes, University of Texas at Austin
Texas ain’t the boom yer looking for, pardner – video interview with economist Ed Hirs
Wind is a growing part of the Texas electricity mix – article by the US Energy Information Administration
Rising oil production with fewer workers: Albertans can learn from Texas example
New oilfield technology helps fuel West Texas oil patch boom