"The nation is at an inflection point in addressing climate change. It needs to decide whether it will continue down a fraudulent path of green talk without results or pivot toward commercial solutions that meet today’s energy needs, the increased power requirements of future megacities while also decarbonizing the planet."

Catherine Morehouse of Utility Dive reports that a coalition of free-market organizations, including C3 Solutions, have asked Congress to conduct a first-of-its-kind cost analysis on Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs).  “In initially studying RTO formation, FERC estimated organized markets would save billions of dollars in production costs. Other studies have found similar results on the wholesale side, but...

"[P]roponents of clean energy expansion are finding that NEPA is also a barrier to their deployment, and an ironic protection for incumbent, less efficient and dirtier infrastructure."

"As a result, nuclear power's reputation is among its biggest hurdles. In the public imagination, nuclear power presages disaster. But the numbers tell a different story. Estimates of deaths from nuclear incidents range from less than 10,000 to around 1 million."

"Infrastructure investors, who have financed $27 billion in new U.S. highway, bridge and tunnel projects in recent years, would jump at the chance to invest in projects like rebuilding existing interstate highways. These investors include public pension funds, insurance companies and funds that specialize in infrastructure."

Farmers are a key piece of Biden’s overall strategy to slash greenhouse gases across the U.S. economy: American agriculture contributes about 9 percent of U.S. emissions, but in theory has the potential to more than offset its own footprint.

"The Biden administration is outlining renewable energy tax credits and a mandate that utilities shift to carbon-free power as its priorities for the second Democrats-only measure to follow the bipartisan infrastructure deal."