Power outages that left 4 million cold and in the dark had happened before, but markets and politics have prevented changes

Transportation, DOE, EPA, Labor choices uphold Biden strategy, stressing climate initiatives to create opportunities and growth

Biden's choice to lead US Environmental Protection Agency stressed state and local input and science-based decision making.

Biden nominee for DOE chief, who cited 10M jobs goal when pressed on fossil-fuel impacts by wary Republicans, is set for full Senate vote this month, as is R.I. Gov. Gina Raimondo, Commerce Secretary designate and a clean energy proponent. Both cleared committees on Feb. 3.

Providing vision and direction for a comprehensive flood model serving a variety of needs

Bipartisan bill extends renewables tax credits, but without prevailing wage provisions; energy and business groups support the legislation.

Declining funding, inconsistent policies and changing administrations hamper federal program to clean up nation’s most polluted sites