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…
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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…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Delivers on Permitting Progress to Build America’s Infrastructure and Clean Energy Future Faster, Safer, and Cleaner
During the previous Administration, important projects stalled; Under the Biden-Harris Administration, projects are moving more quickly President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is making once-in-a-generation investments in America’s infrastructure and our clean energy future that are creating good-paying and union jobs, establishing and growing new industries in the United States, tackling the climate crisis, and…
Remarks by Vice President Harris During Roundtable Discussion With Environmental and Clean Energy Leaders
Chief of Mission ResidenceBangkok, Thailand THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Ambassador Godec. And thank you for your leadership and service to our nation and the partnership and the relationship we have with Thailand, for being here on the ground doing so much important work. Thank you. And to the leaders who have joined us for…
NEC Director Deese Statement on Panasonic Energy Announcement in Kansas
Today’s announcement that Panasonic Energy plans to invest $4 billion and create 4,000 jobs in a lithium-ion battery factory in De Soto, Kansas, is the latest example that the Biden-Harris economic strategy to bring manufacturing jobs back home is working. Over the last year, construction of new manufacturing facilities has increased by 116 percent. Industrial…
State by State Impacts: House Republicans’ Extreme CR Would Decimate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program as Temperatures Drop
With less than two weeks before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples’ lives and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have damaging impacts all across the country. Instead of working in a bipartisan manner to keep the government open and address emergency needs…
What They Are Reading in the States: Biden-Harris Administration Helps Lowers Families’ Energy Expenses
This week, the Biden-Harris administration announced a series of actions to lower energy costs for families as the winter approaches. The actions included providing $4.5 billion in funding to states, territories and Tribes through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help cover home heating costs, settle unpaid utility bills, and make cost-effective home…
Biden-Harris Administration Releases Inflation Reduction Act Guidebook for Clean Energy and Climate Programs
Today, the White House released the first edition of a new resource titled Building a Clean Energy Economy: A Guidebook to the Inflation Reduction Act’s Investments in Clean Energy and Climate Action, which provides clear descriptions of the law’s tax incentives and funding programs to build a clean energy economy, lower energy costs, tackle climate change,…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Outlines Priorities for Building America’s Energy Infrastructure Faster, Safer, and Cleaner
President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is making a once-in-a-generation investment in America’s infrastructure and our clean energy future that is creating good-paying union jobs, growing our economy, building energy security, combating climate change, advancing environmental justice, and helping lower costs for families. To continue to drive these efforts, the Biden-Harris Administration today announced a…
FACT SHEET: U.S.-UAE Partnership to Accelerate Transition to Clean Energy (PACE)
The United States and the United Arab Emirates signed a major new clean energy framework on November 1 in Abu Dhabi. Today President Biden again demonstrated his deep commitment to ensuring a global clean energy future and long-term energy security as the United States and United Arab Emirates announced a robust partnership to ensure the…
