{"id":55643,"date":"2021-01-03T21:25:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T05:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energi.media\/?page_id=55643"},"modified":"2021-08-22T06:59:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T13:59:47","slug":"usa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energiu_library\/usa\/","title":{"rendered":"USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energiu_library\/usa\/#International\" >International<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energiu_library\/usa\/#National\" >National<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energiu_library\/usa\/#California\" >California<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energiu_library\/usa\/#Pacific_Northwest\" >Pacific Northwest<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energiu_library\/usa\/#Texas\" >Texas<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Barack Obama signed the Paris Agreement in 2015. Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Agreement and supported the fossil fuel economy. Will President Joe Biden follow through with his aggressive climate, clean energy plan?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"International\"><\/span>International<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energy-climate-student-resources\/time-for-the-united-states-to-compete-with-china-in-global-clean-energy-finance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time for the United States to compete with China in global clean energy finance<\/a> &#8211; Energi Talks podcast with Dr. Johannes Urpelainen of Johns Hopkins<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6-VUPHSjbiE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why is the Biden, Trudeau &#8220;renewal roadmap&#8221; so light on energy?<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Prof. Monica Gattinger, University of Ottawa<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/B-8Sfyygcew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It\u2019s in Canada\u2019s economic interest to be inside Biden&#8217;s clean energy tent<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"National\"><\/span>National<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CjW4aHMT9VQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden shakes up the auto industry, commits EVs being 50% of new car sales by 2030<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Sam Abuelsamid, automotive engineer and EV analyst<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Rn0CB5kzxMI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SolarAPP+ reduces US residential solar permitting times to&#8230;zero seconds?<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Mark Parthum, Accela<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vTrndiX6jwY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 steps to meet President Biden&#8217;s clean electricity target<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Bryce Yonker, CEO of Grid Forward<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZMzZ7rd_Akk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden spending $100 billion to modernize US power grid<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Rob Gramlich, executive director of Americans for a Clean Energy Grid<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QTLl_G2d7wI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden&#8217;s climate ambitions require US power grid innovation. Fortunately, the technology has arrived<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Jenny Erwin of Smart Wires<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/appxZWeONPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden electrifying US govt fleet of 640,000 vehicles. Tipping point for EV adoption?<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Joel Levin of non-profit PluginAmerica<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ka9qWoK93VA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump tried to silence scientists, but that only made them more politically active<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Dr. Gretchen Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gwIJU5y6vFA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian-born Jennifer Granholm is Biden Administration&#8217;s secretary of energy<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Ramanan Krishnimoorti, chief energy officer of the University of Houston<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OHi_AtFXbKE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renewables developer BluEarth rapidly growing in US, says Canada decades behind Americans<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Grant Arnold, CEO of BluEarth Renewables<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energy-climate-student-resources\/danny-cullenward-climate-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carbon pricing is over-hyped&#8230;more regulation, industrial policy needed to reduce emissions<\/a> &#8211; interview with Dr. Danny Cullenward<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CLfgG81KWXE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden climate politics explained<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Ryan Kennedy, associate professor of political science at the University of Houston<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energy-climate-student-resources\/biden-office-climate-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Implementing Joe Biden&#8217;s aggressive climate policies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energy-climate-student-resources\/american-greenhouse-gas-emissions-falling-due-entirely-to-electricity-sector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American greenhouse gas emissions falling due entirely to electricity sector<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energy-climate-student-resources\/china-rises-and-america-is-nervous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China rises and America is nervous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HUTHqF5T4kU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50% of US shale production failing by 2025?<\/a> &#8211; video interview with economist Ed Hirs<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"California\"><\/span>California<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/news\/100-electric-trucks-in-california-by-2045\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100% electric trucks in California by 2045<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/89MXaQPAS2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California electrifies big trucks<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Sydney Vergis of the California Air Resources Board<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/opinion\/californias-power-resource-challenge-holds-lessons-for-clean-energy-transitions-worldwide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California\u2019s power resource challenge holds lessons for clean energy transitions worldwide<\/a> &#8211; article by International Energy Agency<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/news\/smoke-from-california-wildfires-decreases-solar-generation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smoke from California wildfires decreases solar generation<\/a> &#8211; article by the US Energy Information Administration<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pacific_Northwest\"><\/span>Pacific Northwest<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energy-climate-student-resources\/pacific-northwest-electricity-going-carbon-free-without-natural-gas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Northwest electricity going carbon-free without natural gas?<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Texas\"><\/span>Texas<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L-mcdXS5Df8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understanding the 2021 winter blackout in Texas<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Dr. Josh Busby, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PNxvfL_k5zU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas power outages due to frozen natural gas infrastructure, not wind turbines<\/a> &#8211; video interview with Prof. Joshua Rhodes, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qea8nCGDZIA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas ain&#8217;t the boom yer looking for, pardner<\/a> &#8211; 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