About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain.
Federal regulators approved a proposal from the nationβs largest grid operator that will give primacy to 50 new power plants, a decision to help meet the countryβs growing electricity demand.
A natural gas power plant in Westbrook, Maine. Utilities and grid operators in recent months have shifted from renewable energy and toward natural gas generations.
Chris Wright, in his Senate hearing, also tried to reassure Democrats that he believed climate change was a βglobal challenge that we need to solve.β