New Flyer Manufacturing FacilitySt. Cloud, Minnesota 2:53 P.M. CST THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hi, everyone. (Applause.) Oh, it’s good to see everyone. Hi. Please have a seat. I’m here to announce the shift change. (Laughter.) Oh, it’s good to be with everyone. And, Mr. Vice President, Wade, thank you for that introduction. (Laughter.) But really, truly, Wade, thank…
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Readout of Homeland Security Advisor Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall and Senior Advisor for Energy and Investment Amos Hochstein’s Trip to Mexico
On April 16, Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall and Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor for Energy and Investment Amos Hochstein travelled to Mexico City to meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and with Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena to advance the extensive economic and security cooperation between…
The Next Energy Revolution Begins Now
By Dr. Sally Benson, OSTP Deputy Director for Energy Unless you hang out with energy wonks, you might not have noticed the exponential adoption of clean energy technologies right now. After being available for years, plug-in electric vehicle sales are taking off – their percentage of sales of doubled between 2020 to 2021, and is…
FACT SHEET: Bidenomics is Boosting Clean Energy Manufacturing for Offshore Wind and Creating Good-Paying American Union Jobs
President Biden to visit Philly Shipyard, where union workers are building a new offshore wind vessel as part of continued manufacturing boom—while Republicans in Congress voted to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act and continue to try to block clean energy progress President Biden’s economic agenda—Bidenomics— is fueling America’s clean energy future, creating American-made products in…
FACT SHEET: Climate and Energy Implications of Crypto-Assets in the United States
Climate change is one of the most pressing problems confronting our nation and our world, and President Biden has taken bold steps to address it with legislation and policy. Among the President’s commitments are: protecting communities from pollution, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030, achieving a carbon pollution-free electricity grid by 2035, and…
Biden-Harris Administration Announces First Actions Under New Permitting Efficiencies to Accelerate American Manufacturing and Clean Energy Future
Department of Transportation and Department of Commerce Adopt New Tools for EV Charging, CHIPS Manufacturing Through Bipartisan Permitting Reforms WASHINGTON – Today, during remarks at Climate Week NYC, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Brenda Mallory announced the first two federal agencies to use new permitting efficiencies passed by Congress in…
Treasury Issues New Guidance to Support Good-Paying Jobs in Clean Energy Industries
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration took its latest step to build a clean energy economy in America that creates good-paying, family-supporting jobs. The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in coordination with the Department of Labor (Labor), issued initial guidance to clarify how taxpayers, project developers, contractors and sub-contractors can meet…
EPA Launches $7 Billion Competition to Bring Low-Cost Solar Energy to More Hard-Working American Families
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a $7 billion grant competition through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to increase access to affordable, resilient, and clean solar energy for millions of low-income households. The Solar for All competition, which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, will award up…
FACT SHEET: President Biden to Catalyze Global Climate Action through the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
Today, President Biden will convene leaders of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) for the fourth time since taking office to galvanize efforts needed to tackle the climate crisis and keep a 1.5°C limit on warming within reach. At today’s meeting, the President will highlight new steps the United States is taking…
Message to the Congress on the Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, pursuant to subsections 123 b. and 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153(b), (d)) (the “Act”), the text of an Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America…
