“This is the opportunity of a lifetime to replace a dirty, oppressive energy system with a just and clean one,” said Su. The plan also encourages boosting community-based clean energy and distributed generation by municipalities and in rural areas. Biden needs to follow through on these promising actions by using every tool at hand for a rapid phaseout of violent fossil fuels and robust development of a just, renewable energy system.”īiden’s solar plan encourages high labor standards tied to boosted manufacturing and the establishment of a coordinated action team of industry, environmental justice, and labor stakeholders under Title VII of the Act. to ramp up domestic manufacturing with strong labor practices so we don’t support slave-labor manufacturing abroad. While pausing tariffs will bring in much-needed solar panels quickly, it’s also vital for the U.S. “We hope this use of the Defense Production Act is a turning point for the president, who must use all his executive powers to confront the climate emergency head on. “Biden’s executive moves give critical momentum to the needed transition to solar energy,” said Su.
It was also supported by hundreds of public interest organizations and more than 500 elected officials across the country. Cori Bush and Jason Crow and the executive actions platform from the Congressional Progressive Caucus. That plan was echoed in related legislation from U.S. The Biden administration’s plan follows the Center’s detailed Defense Production Act legal plan, released in February. Now this show of leadership needs to continue toward rapidly closing the deadly fossil fuel era.” “While the president has been focused almost exclusively on legislation, this announcement signals he’s willing and able to use his broad executive powers on climate. “This is a tremendous sea change in the Biden administration's approach to climate action,” said Jean Su, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s energy justice program. WASHINGTON- President Biden signaled a major shift in climate strategy today, announcing executive actions that use the Defense Production Act to manufacture solar panel components, heat pumps, insulation, and grid transformers needed to speed the country toward renewable energy.
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