Governors' Wind Energy Coalition
Everything we know about Biden’s mysterious Clean Energy Standard
Source: By Benjamin Storrow, E&E News • Posted: Monday, August 2, 2021
President Biden talks with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) by videoconference Friday about the effects of climate change in the West. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo
The previous two U.S. presidents tried and failed to remake America’s energy sector.
President Obama attempted to curb greenhouse gas emissions with a cap-and-trade program and, later, with regulations on power plants. President Trump went in the opposite direction by trying to subsidize coal and nuclear plants.
All failed.