{"id":2181,"date":"2023-03-21T11:06:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T16:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2181"},"modified":"2023-03-21T11:06:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T16:06:56","slug":"bidens-energy-secretary-says-developing-green-energy-is-the-greatest-peace-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2181","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Energy Secretary Says Developing Green Energy is \u2018The Greatest Peace Plan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-94.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2182\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-94.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-94.png 800w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-94-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-94-770x513.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-94-370x247.png 370w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-94-293x195.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-94-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-94-240x160.png 240w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-94-390x260.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Countries developing green energy for their own security could be \u201cthe greatest peace plan the world has ever known,\u201d Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm&nbsp;said during a panel at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston Wednesday.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S&amp;P Global Vice Chairman&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ceraweek.com\/program\/luncheon--keynote-address-8666-805074\/\">Daniel Yergin<\/a>, who moderated the event, asked Granholm what her counterparts in other nations thought about the worldwide energy market. In response, Granholm noted that the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/03\/02\/global-co2-emissions-record-high\/\">energy crisis<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/02\/28\/danish-adviser-eat-less-meat-fight-climate-change\/\">Europe<\/a>&nbsp;prompted many countries to alter their energy supply chains to either develop their own sources of \u201cclean energy\u201d or import from a \u201cdiverse array of sources,\u201d including countries that they trust not to \u201cweaponize energy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Biden administration has made green energy a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/03\/08\/biden-tiktokers-china-alaska-oil\/\">priority issue<\/a>, and Granholm also used her time on stage to announce a $6 billion&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/biden-harris-administration-announces-6-billion-drastically-reduce-industrial-emissions\">decarbonization program<\/a>, funded by the president\u2019s signature climate law, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/03\/07\/conoco-ceo-biden-climate-goal-impossible-without-reform\/\">Inflation Reduction Act<\/a>&nbsp;(IRA). The IRA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/02\/27\/china-approves-new-coal-biden-admin-shuts-down\/\">additionally offers<\/a>&nbsp;more than $369 billion subsidies for wind, solar and battery production in the U.S., although tax credits for electric vehicle batteries&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/02\/01\/biden-ev-billions-more-than-advertised\/\">could balloon<\/a>&nbsp;to more than $130 billion alone, more than four times what they were initially forecasted to cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to implement stricter wastewater&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/03\/08\/biden-epa-new-regs\/\">regulations<\/a>, which are expected to accelerate the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/02\/27\/china-approves-new-coal-biden-admin-shuts-down\/\">ongoing shuttering<\/a>&nbsp;of American coal-fired generators. China approved construction for 168&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/02\/27\/china-approves-new-coal-biden-admin-shuts-down\/\">coal-fired<\/a>&nbsp;power plants in 2022, while U.S. companies have announced&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/03\/08\/biden-epa-new-regs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plans to shutter<\/a>&nbsp;more than 70 of the nation\u2019s roughly 210 coal-fired power plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy counterpart in Ireland, Minister [Eamon] Ryan, he often says that being able to be energy secure by accessing your own clean energy, no country has ever weaponized access to the sun, no country has ever weaponized access to the wind, and perhaps that energy security, with allies and with our own clean energy, could be the greatest peace plan the world has ever known,\u201d Granholm said, concluding her thoughts on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Granholm also noted that the international \u201cfocus on energy security\u201d had reached unprecedented levels, and that her counterparts had expressed thanks to Ukraine for \u201cholding the line\u201d against \u201cSoviet imperialism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/heartlanddailynews.com\/2023\/03\/bidens-energy-secretary-says-developing-green-energy-is-the-greatest-peace-plan\/\">https:\/\/heartlanddailynews.com\/2023\/03\/bidens-energy-secretary-says-developing-green-energy-is-the-greatest-peace-plan\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Countries developing green energy for their own security could be \u201cthe greatest peace plan the world has ever known,\u201d Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm&nbsp;said during a panel at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston Wednesday.&nbsp; S&amp;P Global Vice Chairman&nbsp;Daniel Yergin, who moderated the event, asked Granholm what her counterparts in other nations thought about the worldwide energy market. In response, Granholm noted that the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent&nbsp;energy crisis&nbsp;in&nbsp;Europe&nbsp;prompted many countries to alter their energy supply chains to either [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gas-oil"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2183,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions\/2183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}