Michael Catanzaro of the Center for Strategic and International Studies highlights the many ways in which Biden can decarbonize the energy sector.
- Decarbonizing the energy sector will be a primary goal of the Biden administration, which has pledged to address climate change.
- The least politically feasible way in which Biden could reduce emissions would be through a clean energy standard.
- The route that would produce the most bipartisan support would be through increased spending into energy research and development.
“Short of a CES, Biden could pursue increased federal spending on R&D, an area that seems most politically promising. Over the last two years, several bipartisan bills have been introduced on advanced nuclear, hydropower, battery storage, and carbon capture, utilization, and storage.”
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