Mar 18, 2022 | North America
Manchin at it again The ball started rolling on the 19th of December 2021. On that day, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin gave an interview on Fox News stating he would no longer support the bill [2]. With all Democrats’ votes being needed in order to pass the BBBA...
Feb 27, 2022 | North America
Energy efficiency 12.5 billion USD is allocated for improvements in home energy efficiency and for appliance electrification rebates. About 30% of GHG pollution in the US comes from buildings [3]. 1. 360 million USD is provided to states for training courses for...
Jan 18, 2022 | North America
Aviation Two key provisions for aviation are 1) the alternative fuel and low-emission aviation technology program and 2) the sustainable aviation fuel credit [2]. The program is a competitive grant program providing grants for projects that 1) produce,...
Nov 30, 2021 | North America
BBBA: Political context Originally, the BBBA was worth 3.5 trillion USD. Republicans do not support the plan and have therefore not been part of the negotiations with Democrats [4]. The key issue lies in the US Senate where Democrats only have 50 votes. But in order...
Oct 11, 2021 | North America
How It Came To Be A bipartisan group of senators including Republicans Mitt Romney (Utah), Rob Portman (Ohio) and Democrats Joe Manchin (West-Virginia), Kyrsten Sinema (Arizona) together with the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus worked on negotiating the...
Jun 6, 2021 | North America
In November 2020, Biden announced the establishment of the new position ‘Special Presidential Envoy for Climate’, the leader of the United States’ international effort to fight the climate crisis. They also sit on the National Security Council, the...
