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POLITICO Communities in Transition – The Future of American Energy President Joe Biden is pushing for an ambitious agenda to tackle the climate crisis in a gridlocked Washington. Biden s Build Back Better plan includes a $400 billion investment in clean energy research, setting up a new agency to focus on climate, and separately, imposing tariffs on imports from countries that lack adequate climate change policies. Also included is a push to develop a low-carbon manufacturing sector in each state, which would involve tax credits and subsidies to encourage employers to pursue clean technologies and hire the workers to do so. Democrats are also pushing a number of clean-energy workforce bills. Supporters of these bills say they could create good-paying jobs and help the country transition to a “clean energy future” that is less dependent on fossil fuels. Critics say the legislation is full of mandates and that it distracts from Covid economic recovery efforts. ....