Tag: Inflation
Renewables as a Bridge to Gas? America’s Energy Logic Goes Backwards
In recent remarks, John Ketchum, CEO of NextEra Energy, laid out a curious and somewhat baffling narrative: renewables should serve as a transition solution toward expanding natural gas generation. Yes, you read that correctly. After decades of framing gas as a so-called “bridge fuel” to a renewable future, the argument … [continued]
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Where to See Hope amidst Broad US Attack on Cleantech
It’s been a hard month for cleantech advocates in the US. Just as we are starting to get enough EV, EV battery, and solar tech production going in the United States to compete with China and Europe, thanks to strong production incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Republicans … [continued]
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Senate Republicans Look Ready to Kill Clean Energy & EV Tax Credits — Shocker
We’ve covered this topic countless times now, so let’s just do a recap with a short bullet list before getting to the latest news: Republican politicians have been heavily funded by the fossil fuel industry for decades. Therefore, even as we have learned more and more about the harms of … [continued]
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2 Millions Jobs at Risk if Republicans Repeal Clean Manufacturing Tax Credits
For the past few weeks — or months — we’ve been covering the risks of Congress and Donald Trump repealing the the Clean Manufacturing Tax Credits from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. In the past week, now that a Republican House bill repealing them has been passed to the … [continued]
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Republican Budget Bill to Raise People’s Energy Prices
As I just covered, repealing clean energy tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act via the current Republican budget bill will hurt jobs and economic progress in numerous Republican-controlled states, and more than a dozen Republicans in the House of Representatives are now asking Republican Senators to help them by … [continued]
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