Today, President Biden’s White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) finalized a rule to reform, simplify, and modernize the federal environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This follows last week’s announcement by the Department of Energy, finalizing another permitting rule and advancing hundreds of millions for new grid capacity.

In response to these recent actions, CE4A Executive Director Andrew Reagan released the following statement:

“We applaud the administration for advancing these vital improvements to America’s grid and the permitting process to grow it. We cannot meet our clean energy goals if we do not modernize our energy grid, and these steps are a vital part of the process. They show the Biden administration’s commitment to achieving America’s clean energy goals can also prioritize conservation and local needs. We look forward to working with the Biden administration on the smooth implementation of these actions.”

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Clean Energy for America: CE4A is the voice for the clean energy workforce, a broad coalition of clean energy stakeholders, who overwhelmingly support ambitious action on climate to grow our economy and create jobs. Clean Energy for America is of, for, and by the rapidly emerging clean energy workforce. Led by some of the most influential leaders across the industry, CE4A has operations across the country, mobilizing the clean energy industry for grassroots engagement – carrying forward the momentum and demand for a clean energy economy.

CONTACT

Alyssa Cortes, comms@ceforamerica.org