DOE Deputy Pick Poised For Approval After Clean Energy Funding Pledges

David Turk, President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as deputy energy secretary, appears headed for bipartisan approval by the Senate energy committee after promising senators the administration would seek funding for carbon capture and other clean-energy projects Congress has authorized in its upcoming fiscal year 2022 budget request. “When you put the budget together, will you commit to basically the $35 billion we put in the energy act last year for technology?” Senate energy committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) asked...