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EPA has formally begun communications with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team, ending weeks of delay after the Trump administration contested Biden’s victory, with one former top agency official expressing optimism that Biden’s team is well prepared to manage the shift in control of the agency.
Democratic attorneys general (AGs) from 17 states and the District of Columbia are urging a federal district court in California to overturn the Trump administration’s Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule, arguing the policy is flawed for three independent reasons, or alternatively, that it is unlawful under the Chevron discretion standard.
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to tap former Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, who supports a bipartisan plan for a carbon tax, to lead the Treasury Department, underscoring Biden’s plans for a broad government-wide push to address climate change.
Even though President-elect Joe Biden is planning to quickly rejoin the Paris climate agreement, longtime climate policy experts acknowledge the United States could face a credibility gap across the globe after multiple instances of brokering major climate pacts only to subsequently back away from them.
The new 28-member Zero Emissions Transportation Association (ZETA), the first industry coalition calling for a complete transition to all-electric vehicle (EV) sales within the decade, is crafting an agenda that will seek to pull “all levers” to achieve the sweeping target.
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Clean energy advocates say new data on job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic show the need for stimulus funding to avoid a prolonged downturn that could hamper the shift away from fossil fuels, but President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede his election loss is dampening hopes for any action in Congress’ lame duck session.
Digital technologies that can decarbonize major economic sectors and sustainably transform water management need a vital array of federal and state policy changes to help expand such applications, according to industry and policy experts who are touting the large but underused potential for information and communications technology (ICT).
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team is receiving a host of recommendations to pursue policies to tackle climate change and other environmental concerns, while Biden officials are also signaling an increased focus on environmental justice (EJ) issues.
States that have taken more-aggressive action on climate change during the Trump era are weighing whether to reassess some measures in order to align them with the incoming Biden EPA, which is expected to launch a similarly ambitious regulatory agenda to limit greenhouse gases when it takes office in January.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler will kick off an agency sponsored virtual recycling conference this week that will build on the agency’s draft strategy to boost the sector. Meanwhile, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) is urging President-elect Joe Biden to use appliance standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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President-elect Joe Biden will take office likely facing a Republican majority on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as the Senate is poised to approve two Trump nominees to the panel, a move that would likely limit the incoming administration’s near-term options to impose carbon-reduction requirements for the energy sector.
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