How the Biden-Harris Administration will transform America and the world

[The Biden Administration]

As our president, Joe Biden will bring together America’s top talent to innovate on climate. America – with the leadership of government – has led the way on many technologies and innovations, from the GPS to computer networking.

President Biden will establish ARPA-C, a new, cross-agency Advanced Research Projects Agency focused on climate.

This initiative will target affordable, game-changing technologies to help America achieve our 100% clean energy target, with a specific focus on the following, as recommended by the founding director of ARPA-E:

• grid-scale storage at one-tenth the cost of lithium-ion batteries;
• small modular nuclear reactors at half the construction cost of today’s reactors;
• refrigeration and air conditioning using refrigerants with no global warming potential;
• zero net energy buildings at zero net cost;
• using renewables to produce carbon-free hydrogen at the same cost as that from shale gas;
• decarbonizing industrial heat needed to make steel, concrete, and chemicals and re-imagining carbon-neutral construction materials;
• decarbonizing the food and agriculture sector, and leveraging agriculture to remove carbon dioxide from the air and store it in the ground; and
• capturing carbon dioxide from power plant exhausts followed by sequestering it deep underground or using it make alternative products.
• Target airline emissions: Aviation accounts for nearly 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and that portion is expected to increase. Unfortunately today, few low-carbon technologies or fuels have been developed to tackle this challenge. Joe Biden recognizes that must change and as our president, he will pursue measures to incentivize the creation of new, sustainable fuels for aircraft, as well as other changes to aircraft technology and standards, and air traffic management.
• Accelerate the development and deployment of carbon capture sequestration technology. According to the Blue Green Alliance, “carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) is a rapidly growing technology that has the potential to create economic benefits for multiple industries while significantly reducing carbon dioxide emissions.” Joe Biden shares the Carbon Capture Coalition’s goal “to make CCUS a widely available, cost-effective, and rapidly scalable solution to reduce carbon emissions to meet mid-century climate goals.” Toward this end, he will double down on federal investments and enhance tax incentives for CCUS. At the same time, to bring new carbon capture technologies to market, President Biden will continue to fund carbon capture research, development, and demonstration.
• Identify the future of nuclear energy.

To address the climate emergency threatening our communities, economy, and national security, we must look at all low- and zero-carbon technologies.

That’s why President Biden will support a research agenda through ARPA-C to look at issues, ranging from cost to safety to waste disposal systems, that remain an ongoing challenge with nuclear power today.

[Into the Night]

Don't hold your breath. All the Left's got is rhetoric. Facts escape them.

I know they can't define 'clean energy' or 'climate change' or 'global warming'. They are just Holy buzzwords of the Church of Global Warming. The interesting thing about a religion is that they don't have to define what they worship.

[Into the Night]

LMFAO

He's openly encouraged voter fraud and talked about his plans to steal the election. He opposes Democracy.

You are describing Democrats. The United States is not a democracy and never was.

[Earl]

Boss, Burisma, Beijing Buyden (sic) has won nothing yet.

[The Biden Administration]

President Biden will immediately incentivize the deployment of clean technology throughout our economy.

Creating the best, most innovative clean technology in the world is not enough.

We also need to make sure it is used by households and industry in order to achieve aggressive emissions reductions.

Toward that end, President Biden will incentivize clean technology deployment in the following ways:

• Improving the energy efficiency of our buildings. Building on his efforts in the Recovery Act, Biden will set a target of reducing the carbon footprint of the U.S. building stock 50% by 2035, creating incentives for deep retrofits that combine appliance electrification, efficiency, and on-site clean power generation. He will work to identify barriers to help offset the upfront cost of building upgrades and put in place a national program to target a package of affordable energy efficiency retrofits in American homes. He will direct the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to make housing for low-income communities more efficient. He will direct the U.S. Department of Energy to redouble efforts to accelerate new efficiency standards for household appliances and equipment. And, he will repair and accelerate the building code process and create a new funding mechanism for states and cities to adopt strict building codes and train builders and inspectors.
• Accelerating the deployment of electric vehicles. There are now one million electric vehicles on the road in the United States. But a key barrier to further deployment of these greenhouse-gas reducing vehicles is the lack of charging stations and coordination across all levels of government. As President, Joe Biden will work with our nation’s governors and mayors to support the deployment of more than 500,000 new public charging outlets by the end of 2030. In addition, President Biden will restore the full electric vehicle tax credit to incentivize the purchase of these vehicles. He will ensure the tax credit is designed to targeted middle class consumers and, to the greatest extent possible, to prioritize the purchase of vehicles made in America. And, he will work to develop a new fuel economy standard that goes beyond what the Obama-Biden Administration put in place.
• Empowering local communities to develop transportation solutions. Communities across the country are experiencing a growing need for alternative and cleaner transportation options, including transit, dedicated bicycle and pedestrian thoroughfares, and first- and last-mile connections. The Biden-Harris Administration will transform the way we fund local transportation, giving state and local governments, with input from community stakeholders, more flexibility to use any new transportation funds to build safer, cleaner, and more accessible transportation ecosystem.
• Partnering with farmers and ranchers so that better agriculture practices and deployment of digesters generate new sources of revenues. For our farmers, ranchers, and landowners the climate agenda is not just about growing nutritious food and making it accessible to all families, it’s also about having water they can rely on for growing that food. It’s about local farms and fresh food for every community. And it’s about making sure that floodwaters in the Midwest are not taking away farms that have fed our people for decades. President Biden will review regulatory roadblocks to new innovations and invest in climate-friendly farming such as conservation programs for cover crops and other practices aimed at restoring the soil and building soil carbon, and in the process, preventing run-off and helping family farmers deploy the latest technologies to maximize productivity. He will create new opportunities to support deployment of methane digesters to capture potent climate emissions and generate electricity. With these efforts, farmers can help lead the Clean Energy Revolution.

[Into the Night]

The United States must have a bold plan to achieve a 100% clean energy economy and net-zero emissions no later than 2050 here at home.

On day one, President Biden will sign a series of executive orders that put us on this track. And, he will demand that Congress enacts legislation in the first year of his presidency that
1) establishes an enforcement mechanism to achieve the 2050 goal, including a target no later than the end of his first term in 2025 to ensure we get to the finish line,
2) makes a historic investment in energy and climate research and innovation,
3) incentivizes the rapid deployment of clean energy innovations across the economy.

Failure is not an option. If Congress falls short of its duty to act, President Biden will hold them accountable.

The President cannot hold Congress accountable for anything. He is not the king.

[Earl]

You are describing Democrats. The United States is not a democracy and never was.

A Constitutional Republic unless the left wins.

Then the Socialists change America into Venezuela.

[Into the Night]

On day one, President Biden will use the full authority of the executive branch to significantly reduce emissions.

Joe Biden recognizes we must go further, faster and more aggressively than ever before, by:

• Requiring aggressive methane pollution limits for new and existing oil and gas operations.
• Using the Federal government procurement system – which spends $500 billion every year – to drive towards 100% clean energy and zero-emissions vehicles.
• Ensuring that all U.S. government installations, buildings, and facilities are more efficient and climate-ready, harnessing the purchasing power and supply chains to drive innovation.
• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation – the fastest growing source of U.S. climate pollution – by preserving and implementing the existing Clean Air Act, and developing rigorous new fuel economy standards aimed at ensuring 100% of new sales for light- and medium-duty vehicles will be electrified and annual improvements for heavy duty vehicles.
• Doubling down on the liquid fuels of the future, which make agriculture a key part of the solution to climate change. Advanced biofuels are now closer than ever as we begin to build the first plants for biofuels, creating jobs and new solutions to reduce emissions in planes, ocean-going vessels, and more.
• Saving consumers money and reduce emissions through new, aggressive appliance- and building-efficiency standards.
• Committing that every federal infrastructure investment should reduce climate pollution, and require any federal permitting decision to consider the effects of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
• Requiring public companies to disclose climate risks and the greenhouse gas emissions in their operations and supply chains.
• Protecting biodiversity, slowing extinction rates and helping leverage natural climate solutions by conserving 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030.
• Protecting America’s natural treasures by permanently protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other areas impacted by President Trump’s attack on federal lands and waters, establishing national parks and monuments that reflect America’s natural heritage, banning new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters, modifying royalties to account for climate costs, and establishing targeted programs to enhance reforestation and develop renewables on federal lands and waters with the goal of doubling offshore wind by 2030.

So...wasting money on a fundamentalist style religion and establishing it as a state religion, in violation of the constitution. Fascism is illegal in the United States.
Define 'climate change'. Define 'global warming'. No gas or vapor has the capability to warm the Earth. You can't create energy out of nothing. You can't trap heat. You can't trap light. You can't trap thermal energy. There is always heat.

[Earl]

The DNC Official sounds like a sock.

[Into the Night]

As our president, Joe Biden will establish an enforcement mechanism to achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050, including a target no later than the end of his first term in 2025 to ensure we get to the finish line.

This enforcement mechanism will be based on the principles that polluters must bear the full cost of the carbon pollution they are emitting and that our economy must achieve ambitious reductions in emissions economy-wide instead of having just a few sectors carry the burden of change.

The enforcement mechanism will achieve clear, legally-binding emissions reductions with environmental integrity.

Fascism is illegal in the United States.

[The Biden Administration]

As our president, Joe Biden will quickly begin mitigating the climate impact of suburban sprawl.

Housing policy can be used as a tool to battle man-made climate change and enforce social justice.

Under the Trump Administration, lower- and middle-income Americans are forced to live far away from job centers due to high housing costs, leading not only to workers being overburdened by long commutes, but also to higher emissions associated with increased traffic and extra-long commuting times.

Altering local regulations to eliminate sprawl and allow for denser, more affordable housing near public transit would cut commute times for many of the country’s workers while decreasing their carbon footprint.

This means that emission-reduction strategies not only combat climate change but also save consumers money.

Yet, many households often need support to afford the initial investment.

Local housing authorities and utility companies have stepped up and helped households invest in energy-efficient upgrades by offering flexible financing plans and tax credits.

[votebiden]

Fascism is illegal in the United States.

No it is not.

[Into the Night]

As our president, Joe Biden will make a historic investment in energy and climate research and innovation, as well as clean and resilient infrastructure and communities.

Notwithstanding the progress we have made in reducing emissions in the power sector, fossil fuels still comprise nearly 80% of global energy use.

There is much more work to be done to identify affordable solutions.

Today, we are on the cusp of breakthroughs in technologies, such as batteries that can more efficiently store energy for use at moments of peak demand, more efficient controls and sensors for advanced manufacturing, more effective and thinner insulation for buildings, and cybersecurity improvements to make smart grids more resilient to right-wing terror attacks.

Ah...the usual denial of physics and engineering.
The Church of Global Warming is a fundamentalist style religion. Establishing a state religion in the federal government is illegal.

[Into the Night]

We have to get rid of the old way of thinking that the clean economy and jobs don’t go together.

They do!

There are currently more than three million people in the United States employed in the clean energy economy.

But, there is a huge opportunity to revitalize the U.S. energy sector, boost growth economy-wide, and re-claim the mantle as the world’s clean energy leader and top exporter.

As our president, Joe Biden will ensure that clean economy jobs are good jobs, jobs for life!

Define 'clean economy'. Define 'clean energy'. Fascism is illegal.

[StoneByStone]

You are describing Democrats. The United States is not a democracy and never was.