Biden administration

15 statements across 9 episodes · 3 bullish · 5 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Jan 7, 2022 by Stephen Lacey · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Jan 7, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Lacey: Build Back Better gets US halfway to 2030 climate goal
“Yeah, I've seen analysis showing that this bill in particular gets the U.S. Halfway toward meeting the Biden administration's goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions across the economy by half by 20 30.”
Stephen Lacey Jan 7, 2022 ▶ 9:20 Are Biden’s climate ambitions slipping away?
Feb 2, 2022 negative
Opinion
Cantú: US faces geopolitical disadvantage without domestic lithium supply
“I think, you know, the Biden administration recognizes rightfully so that the country is at a particular geopolitical disadvantage if it can't produce lithium or other metals necessary for the energy transition from domestic sources.”
Aaron Cantú Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 15:07 The ‘white gold’ land grab for lithium in California
Apr 13, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Lacey: Biden Administration Considers Using Wartime Powers to Produce Heat Pumps
“There's a real serious consideration inside the Biden administration to use wartime powers to boost heat pump production and then to send those heat pumps over to Europe to for heating to reduce natural gas consumption.”
Stephen Lacey Apr 13, 2022 ▶ 20:33 The ‘profound change’ from today’s energy crisis
Apr 27, 2022 neutral
Opinion
Westhoff: Solar Protectionism Unites Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations
“We've seen them enacted during the Obama administration, we've seen them during the Trump administration, and we've seen them continued under the Biden administration. Turns out there's one thing that they can all agree on is, ah, protectionism.”
Eric Wesoff Apr 27, 2022 ▶ 8:04 How one company could crush the US solar industry
Jul 1, 2022 negative
Opinion
Restricting generation shifting may slow the pace of US emissions reductions
“So if generation shifting as a basis for a rule is off the table, it might make it harder for EPA to, and the US more broadly, to cut emissions at the pace that the Biden administration is looking to do.”
Nina Farah Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 11:41 How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?
Jul 1, 2022 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
DC Circuit ruling gave the Biden administration a regulatory clean slate
“What the DC Circuit ruling did was basically give the Biden administration a clean slate to start over and craft its own regulation.”
Nina Farah Jul 1, 2022 ▶ 5:00 How bad is the Supreme Court’s decision on climate?
Aug 23, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Lacey: US Unveils $1.2B in Direct Air Capture Hub Funding
“The Inflation Reduction Act expanded tax credits for the technology, and this month the Biden administration unveiled 1.2 billion dollars in funding for hubs to support direct air capture projects, plus thirteen million dollars for 23 different R&D projects in…”
Stephen Lacey Aug 23, 2023 ▶ 15:18 As debate over carbon removal swirls, America steps up funding
Dec 18, 2023 positive
Prediction Held up
The Biden administration will likely pause new LNG export permits
“So I think having signed that Dubai declaration They're probably sending a signal that they're getting ready to do this right thing on this biggest single challenge that they face.”
Bill McKibben Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 17:08 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’
Dec 18, 2023 negative
Prediction Held up
Pending project approvals could quadruple US LNG export capacity
“There's a whole wave of new proposals Coming after that that, if this administration approves, could even quadruple LNG from where we are today.”
Jeremy Symons Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 3:45 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’
Dec 18, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
The DOE bases LNG decisions on Trump-era environmental impact studies
“Today what we're seeing with the Biden administration is that even the impact studies that it's using, specifically that the DOE is using to inform its decisions, were Completed when Trump was in office and don't necessarily align with the data that we have to…”
Nicole Pollack Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 13:49 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’
Dec 18, 2023 bearish
Prediction Held up
McKibben predicts the Biden administration will reject the CP2 export license
“That's why I'm pretty sure that the Biden administration will see reason and say, we're not going to approve.”
Bill McKibben Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 21:55 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’
Feb 1, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Hamilton: Only $5B of Federal Grid Funding Targets New Transmission
“Of the thirty billion, about five billion has been focused on new transmission lines.”
Katherine Hamilton Feb 1, 2024 ▶ 17:03 US power demand is set to boom. How will we meet it?
Feb 1, 2024
Assertion Contradicted
Lacey: DOE pause on LNG export approvals is unprecedented in department history
“It's the first time the DOE has ever done this”
Stephen Lacey Feb 1, 2024 ▶ 52:05 US power demand is set to boom. How will we meet it?
Feb 19, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Shah: IRS scrutiny of renewable tax equity is continuing under Trump
“During the Biden administration, there was a big crackdown by the IRS on the renewable energy sector for tax credit and tax equity policies. Around step up in basis and some of that stuff, and I think the Trump administration is continuing all of that work, an…”
Jigar Shah Feb 19, 2025 ▶ 22:54 Open Circuit: Jigar, Katherine, and Stephen are back
Feb 19, 2025 neutral
Opinion
Shah: Trump wind and solar pauses are retribution for Biden oil policies
“I think turnaround is fair play. Like, I mean, I really do think that the wind and solar pauses at the Army Corps Engineers and Fish and Wildlife are, you know, retribution for a lot of the stuff that the Biden administration did, the oil and gas industry”
Jigar Shah Feb 19, 2025 ▶ 18:14 Open Circuit: Jigar, Katherine, and Stephen are back
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