Biden’s GHG Strategy Sees Heavy Lift But Stresses Power Sector Cuts

The Biden administration’s just-released “long-term strategy” to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 concludes that doing so will require a heavy lift in multiple economic sectors, even though emissions reductions in the electricity sector are particularly critical. Even so, officials argue that achieving the ambitious goal would result in extensive economic benefits extending throughout this century. Issued Nov. 1 during the formal kickoff of international climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, the strategy also frames action by 2030 as critical...