WASHINGTON: Joseph R. Biden and Kamala D. Harris have been elected as the next president and vice president of the United States, ushering in a major shift for U.S. domestic policy and the world. The Biden-Harris ticket made climate action a core pillar of their campaign. President-elect Biden has put forward an ambitious climate agenda, […]
STATEMENT: Biden Victory Sets Stage for New Day on Climate, Equity, and the Economy
WASHINGTON: Joseph R. Biden and Kamala D. Harris have been elected as the next president and vice president of the United States. They received the most votes by a presidential ticket in U.S. history and were able to win several states that Donald Trump won in 2016. The U.S. House of Representatives stayed majority Democrat. The […]
Biden Administration Promises Significant Growth for OSW Industry
The Biden Climate Plan promises to put significant focus back on all renewable energy strategies including offshore wind Baltimore – Joseph Biden was declared the 46th president-elect of the United States earlier today. His presidency, which will begin January 20, 2021, promises to usher in a renewed focus on renewable energy strategies, including the offshore […]
Biden Will Take a Clear Climate Mandate Into the White House
Joe Biden will take office with something no U.S. president has had before: robust popular support for climate action, borne out in polling data and election results from a hard-foug… Read more…
What Joe Biden’s Climate Plans Mean for America, and the World
Then Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden prepares to speak about the presidential election results at an appearance in Wilmington, Delaware, November 4, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque. The Paris Agreement was so designed that November 4, 2020 – the day after the US presidential election – was the earliest that any country could formally leave […]
President-elect Biden will try to drag U.S. toward a green future
James Rae is a professor from California State University Sacramento. He was also a Fulbright Scholar at Beijing Foreign Studies University from 2017 to 2018. The article reflects the author’s opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN. Americans are greeting a dramatic change in the country’s social and political landscape with the election of […]
Biden could take quick first steps on long climate policy road
The agenda to reverse President Donald Trump’s legacy of climate deregulation would likely start with some easy wins WASHINGTON : Joe Biden has promised sweeping measures to make the U.S. economy carbon neutral by 2050 to put the United States on a path to cut emissions as deeply as scientists say is necessary to avoid […]
What the Election Results (So Far) Mean for Climate and Energy Policy
We look at results from key races and what a divided Congress would mean for a Biden presidency, on this week’s Political Climate. Americans are waiting with bated breath for the results of a long and contentious election. At the time of publication, former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden looks poised to take the White […]
US energy chiefs weigh what Biden means for oil, renewables
With Joe Biden inching close to an Electoral College victory, energy executives are weighing the potential impact of a president who supports shifting away from fossil fuels. While utilities that already embrace clean energy don’t see much impact, oil and natural gas suppliers are girding for a bigger threat. If he wins, Biden may halt […]
US formally quits Paris agreement but Biden pledges return
WASHINGTON: The United States left the Paris accord on Wednesday, becoming the first country to ever withdraw from an international climate change pact, but Joe Biden vowed he would immediately return as president. With election results pointing to a likely defeat for Donald Trump in Tuesday’s election, Biden took on the tone of a […]