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Defining clean energy
Democrats
appear to be uniting around requiring the power grid run on 80 percent clean energy generation by 2030. How they get there and just what clean means
is another matter.
The party faces fractured approaches to crafting a clean energy standard, with progressives spurning natural gas, nuclear energy and carbon capture, while moderates from fossil fuel producing regions are insisting on including them. Navigating the competing visions will prove a major balancing act since the party holds razor-thin majorities in both chambers.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has been leading the effort for a clean energy standard as part of its CLEAN Future Act, which would be in line with President Joe Biden’s goals for 100 percent clean electricity by 2035. But lawmakers like
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Republicans join Senate Dems in restoring Obama climate rule
The measure is now expected to move to the House for a vote, which would then send it to Biden s desk upon passage. A vote in that chamber has not yet been scheduled.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, joined by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., talks about legislation to reimpose critical regulations to reduce methane pollution from oil and gas wells, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. | AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
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The Senate on Wednesday voted to reverse the Trump administration s rollback of a crucial Obama-era climate regulation, delivering a bipartisan victory for President Joe Biden’s lofty goals of curbing heat-trapping greenhouse gases.