The President Has a Team, and Decarbonization Has Its Time

Published on March 3, 2021

Jennifer Granholm, former governor of the auto-manufacturing mecca in Michigan, became the United States secretary of energy on February 25. Granholm now oversees a revamped agency that includes energy-justice advocate Shalanda Baker in a key role and other clean-energy doers in high places. Is this a downpayment on President Joe Biden's promise to reach carbon-neutral electricity in 14 years?  It just might be, and Biden's White House team reinforces the idea. 

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