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November 21, 2024

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Not Waiting for Trump, DOE Sends More IRA, IIJA Funds to Red States
The best way to Trump-proof the IRA funds is to get them out the door as quickly as possible, some advocates are saying. Unspent money could be at risk of never being spent.
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Trump Picks Burgum to Head Interior, Fracking Exec Wright to Lead DOE
President-elect Donald Trump intendeds to nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as secretary of the interior and Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy, as secretary of energy.
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White House Releases Plan to Triple US Nuclear Power by 2050

The Biden administration wants to jumpstart a “nuclear deployment ecosystem” by getting 35 GW of new nuclear power online or under construction by 2035 and then build to a steady pace of deploying 15 GW per year in the U.S. and globally by 2040.

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US Governors, Mayors to Pledge Ongoing Climate Action at COP29
President Biden and Vice President Harris will not travel to Azerbaijan for COP29, but a group of U.S. mayors, governors and corporate leaders is carrying a message of continued commitment to the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Trump 2.0: Rolling Back Regulations, IRA Funding
In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory Nov. 5, the clean energy industry is now obsessing over how far the next administration will push his own agenda in favor of fossil fuels,
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What Will Trump’s Victory Mean for US Energy Policy?
Energy industry leaders and analysts discussed what's ahead for the clean energy transition after former President Donald Trump’s victory.
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RFF Report Evaluates Biden Effort to Help Coal Communities
Resources for the Future released a report evaluating the Interagency Working Group on Energy Communities, a Biden administration effort to coordinate federal help to communities that lost jobs and other economic benefits from retiring coal plants and mines.
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SE Renewable Energy Conference Hears Blunt Talk on Trump
Keith Martin, a specialist in tax and renewable energy policy, said a Republican-led Congress would likely look to "cannibalize" parts of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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EPRI Launches DCFlex Initiative to Help Integrate Data Centers on the Grid
EPRI launched its DCFlex initiative, which is meant to maximize demand flexibility from data centers to help them more quickly plug into the grid and provide demand response for emergencies.
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DOE Challenge Sends New Cold Climate Heat Pumps to Market
Heat pumps are seen as a core technology for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. building stock, where space and water heating and cooling account for 40% of the country’s primary energy use.

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