Biden Seizes On Infrastructure Law, Other Tools To Push Clean Energy

The Biden administration is redoubling efforts to deploy clean energy using the new infrastructure law and other authorities, announcing steps such as a major forthcoming offshore wind lease, permitting coordination for onshore renewables across five agencies, and a new power transmission deployment program. The efforts announced Jan. 12 come as Democrats’ climate-heavy Build Back Better plan is stalled on Capitol Hill, with Biden officials underscoring that they will use tools already available to them no matter what happens with that...