US energy secretary woos labor, advocates clean energy manufacturing, supply chains

摘要

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has no intention of allowing the US to miss out on a $23 trillion global market for clean energy products that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, she said in a speech that also served to bolster labor union support for the Biden administration’s climate ambitions. The labor coalition is seen as a key group the administration needs to have onboard to achieve its climate and decarbonization goals, and the Biden administration has stressed that its clean energy plans will create millions of good-paying union jobs. The White House April 22 announced a new economywide net greenhouse gas pollution reduction target of 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030. The new emissions target builds on progress to date, including a whole-of-government commitment to decarbonize the power sector by 2035 and achieve net-zero emissions across the economy by 2050. A key element of meeting the ambitious new target will be “positioning American workers and industry to tackle the climate crisis,” the White House said in a statement.