Focus The Detroit News – December 17
President-elect Joe Biden formally announced Thursday his intent to nominate former two-term Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to serve in his Cabinet as energy secretary. As governor, her efforts to help the state s economy focused on advancing manufacturing and green energy. She pressed for a move away from oil and toward advanced vehicles and other sources of power, such as solar and wind. After leaving office in Michigan, she moved to the West Coast and taught policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley and became an adviser to the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Clean Energy Program. Biden announced Granholm s nomination among others on his team of climate advisers, including North Carolina s Michael Regan to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Interior.