on renewable energy, ray long. wherever you'rejoining us from in the world, on day one of his second presidency, donald trump pulled the world's biggest economy out of the world's most significant agreement to combat man—made climate change. it was signed by barack obama in 2015. from the agreement. on his first day in office in 2021. and in yet another twist in this tale, the billionaire and former republican mayor of new york mike bloomberg has said his philanthropic agencies will give the united nations but president trump is seeking to reverse more than just on the campaign trail, he made clear his plans to get oil and gas flowing in greater quantities and killjoe biden�*s part of the former president's inflation reduction act. in the last few days of his presidency, joe biden�*s so, other than leaving the paris climate agreement, on day one, he declared a national emergency to speed up permits he's making drilling for oil and gas in the arctic and along the coast of the united states possible again. new electr

but where does all of that leave america's renewable energy industry? the american council on renewable energy, ray long. industry right now. well, mark, it's nice to be here. thanks for the question. well, things are a little different right now. certainly different from the past few years ithink, you know, one of the interesting and exciting the united states. about industrial processes being electrified, we're looking at an increase in electricity demand is needed by 2030. so, that's a lot of electricity that we need and it's an incredible opportunity for all the different projects operated, and it's contributing to the economy. so, i see the policy landscape changing right now happening at the top of washington politics right now? there are no... when you think about the campaigns over the last year and the language that was used, you know, they were going to approach energy and so many other things. so, ithink, you know, we had a realistic road map about how they were going to approach it, what changes interior — you know, these are people with dee

. >> investments in renewable energy continue to increase, and renewables continue to dominate new energyloyment. >> adoption of the is really encouraging. >> however, it wasn't enough to slow the ongoing impacts of climate change. >> i apologize, this is just horrific. >> it is still one of those things where it is not happening quite fast enough and the urgency just isn't there and the threat is increasing. the last year was the hottest year on record. >> 2023 was 1.45 more or less 2.5 degrees fahrenheit warmer. that doesn't sound very much. it's a couple of degrees. on a given day, it is no big deal. but the planet being that much warmer has these global effects . the average projections about the end of the century sea level rise are may be two to three feet. which is plenty to have to invest to retreat, to build barriers and so forth. we have our hands full. but it keeps coming. >> almost all the indicators are bad. and even worse than many scientists expected. it is really a very frightening time on climate, and we are just not doing enough. >> the covid-19 pandemic caused unimagina

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addition to taxpayer losses, they were forced to buy it at five times the market rate to meet the renewable energynsive and they distort the market. >> the impact on wildlife, killing thousands of birds who fly near the plant. >> when you see the birds going up in flame, they call them streamers. >> the entire plant will likely shut down at the end of the year. neither the department of energy or the owner will tell us how much was lost in the investment but it is likely more than $1 billion. >> thank you. we will be right back. can a personal loan unlock your ambitions? oh yeah. consolidate bad debt and save money for your next goal. take a swing at your kitchen reno... meant that literally. or design your actual dream wedding. all your ambitions. all in one app. sofi personal loans. low fixed rates. borrow up to 100 k. no fees required. go to sofi.com to view your rate. sofi. get your money right. isolated... depressed... and embarrassed. that's how it felt to live with bladder and bowel incontinence. but that changed when my urologist told me about axonics therapy. a long lasting solution that

payers were forced to buy this power at five times the market rate to help meet the state's renewable energythe market. >> it killed thousands of birds who fly near the plant's intense heat. >> when they see the birds actually going up in flames they created a name for that. they call them streamers. >> the entire plant will likely shut down at the end of the year. likely loss to taxpayers a billion dollars on this failed investment. back to you. >> bret: thank you. vert that's an outrage for sure. before we go we want to spend a moment to express love and condolences to our dear friend my colleague, partner here on "america's newsroom" bill hemmer. bill's dad, the william r. hemmer, passed away saturday. he lived an incredible 85 years. he was one-of-a-kind and bill wrote this on instagram about his dad. he was wise, funny, ethical, graduated top of his class from the school of sarcasm. he left his mark. he was married to his wife for 63 years and bret, they had five children. bill is one of them, 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren and there are more on the way. william was so pro

california's payers forced to live more power at five times the market rate to help meet the states renewable energyey cost the taxpayers, but they distort the market. >> the other side on wildlife killing thousands of birds to fly anywhere near the plant intense heat as shown in this government video. >> when they see the birds actually going up in flames, they created a name for collett streamers. they are likely to shut down at the end of the year, its owners say the plant could simply not compete on price with wind, natural gas, or traditional solar panels. neither of the energy departmen nor the plants operator would tell us exactly how much taxpayers lost, but experts say it is likely to exceed $1 billion. >> bret: thank you. up next, the panel of the department of efficiency, doj and the efforts to shut down th usaid. fox eight in new orleans were security preparations for sunday's super bowl are in full force already. in the control center with the nfl holds it security operations . here is alive look from voxel have been our affiliate out there. the pacific coast highway partially reopens n

rate payers forced to buy ivanpah power five times the market rate to help meet the state's renewable energyy do they cost the taxpayers but distort the market. reporter: other impact on wildlife killing thousands of birds that fly anywhere near the plant's intense heat as shown in the government video. >> when they see the birds actually going up in flames, they created a name for that and call them streamers. reporter: the entire plant will likely shut down at end of the year and pg&e is out and california edison is negotiated and ivanpah cannot compete on natural gas neither the energy department or plant's owner telling us how much taxpayers lost, stuart, but experts say it'll likely exceed $1 billion. back to you. stuart: we hear you, william language necessary, thank you very much. oil giant backed away from major offshore wind farm off the coast of new jersey. madison, who backed away and why? madison: it's shell. shell is the company that backed away, and they cited increased competition, delays and a changing market. shell is abandoned the atlantic shores project and it is a major o

was the first presidential candidate in either party who put forth a proposal to get to 100% renewable energy2050. >> mr. o'malley, thank you for your time. i appreciate it. i would like to ask eram williamson if she would like to answer that question. >> is this about the money? please state the question. >> i gave you the choice, so let me give you the choice again. why would you not support -- why would you support banning corporate pac money, or do you think the $175 million spent on abortion rights ads was the right use of resources? ms. williamson: governor o'malley just talked about how the democratic brand is basically in the toilet. if i am your chair, i'm going to be very honest, and if i'm going to be very honest, we have to look in the mirror and stop some of our hypocrisy, and one of the issues of hypocrisy is about money. we have to recognize when people see us as hypocrites. no, reid hoffman is not a good man who supports the working class. this man has been trying to get rid of lena con from the beginning and we know other things that he's done. but let's remember this. hillar

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has promised the uk government has promised 90% of british will come 90% of british energy will come from renewablesnergy will come from rer in five years' lear and 90% of british energy will come from rer in five years' time. id -- 9596. and for some people it will mean new pylons, near their homes. our climate editor justin rowlatt has been to suffolk and aberdeenshire to find out more. there's no going back. is being levelled. 0h, here we go. renewables and nuclear power already generate over half the government wants to raise that to 95% by 2030. this is deeside against pylons headquarters. eileen says she wants green electricity, from her home. if the line was going somewhere else, you probably wouldn't be complaining, would you? no, we don't want we're not nimbys. we're noobys — no—one's back yard. is about six metres. on average, they're going to be about 57m high — taller than most of the pylons in scotland. local people think that just means they'll be even easier to ignore. of farmland in lincolnshire. won't be heard as part of this planning process. of this planning process? so that is an

in published report is actually a report by a organization called new energy nexus, which does lot of great work on promoting renewabledevelopment in calif india and around the world. and it's a vision that place where there is immense quantities of lithium, enough lithium, by the way, to produce that could replace the entire automobile fleet of the united states and still have 120 million extra batteries left over or maybe a third of the total global demand electric vehicle batteries. so it's an amount of lithium, but part of the question is, is that just to be a site of extracting wealth, the benefit of the corporation to have the capital resources to, you know, build the extraction technology or can it actually become a dynamic source for new type of economy in? what is one of the poorest counties in, california, predominantly latino workforce, large workforce, many undocking minute high levels of poverty and. if that connection to the lithium resource could be leveraged to bring in more to build battery component and maybe even eventually electric manufacturing. it could transform the region which is really the pr

first, with all the creative energy at our command, let's begin an era of national renewal. let us renew our courage, our strength, our determination, and our hope. that is ronald reagan in his 1981 address. second "the future we want, opportunity and security for our families, a rising standard of living, and a sustainable, peaceful planet for our kids. all of that is within our reach, but it will only happen if we can work together, if we can have rational, constructive debates." that is president barack obama in the state of the union 2016. i want to give a couple of thanks here for their efforts. first, the research analysts on this project, who are in the back, who did amazing work. we had to look through hundreds of measures and data sources to figure out what to even have the possibility of putting in this report. and thanks again to ai and brookings, and especially the tulane murphy institute for funding the entire project. thank you. [applause] i think the panelists can start coming up. i'm going to make just a couple of announcements as we do that. bill galston is

energy, and it's great for farmers and ranchers as well. it also helps save consumers money at the pump. the renewable fuel standard and the renewal volume obligations, r.v.o.'s, are priorities for me and my state. the 2026 r.v.o.'s, they were supposed to be filed november 1, 2024. now it looks like it will be december. i'm sure the folks were in business in the past know that certainty is important for businesses. we are going to be over a year behind. will you commit to working with me to help make sure that the bureaucracies are following the law and fulfilling their obligations, specifically in this case, to get the r.v.o.'s out on a timely basis? mr. vought: yes, senator. sen. ricketts: one last area. we must tackle the national debt, it is the biggest internal threat. the chinese communist party is the biggest external threat we face as a nation. how will you ensure we are protecting federal dollars in the contracting process to make sure our adversaries and entities that are hostile to us like the chinese communist party are not being subsidized by our american tax dollars and how would you adv

with all of the creative energy at our command let us begin an era of national renewal, let us renew our determination and our strength and our hope. that is ronald reagan in his 1981 address. second "the future we want, rising standard of living in a sustainable peaceful planet for our kids, all that is within our reach and will only happen if we work together, will only happen if we have constructive debates." that is president barack obama in the state of the union 2016. i want to give a couple of thanks for their efforts. i want to thank the research analyst on this project who are in the back who did amazing work. we had to look through hundreds of measures and data sources to figure out what to have the possibility of putting in this report and thanks to adi brookings for response in the event and also to the tulane murphy institute for funding the entire project. thank you. i think the panelists can start coming up. i will make a couple of announcements as we do that. bill will moderate the panel and as they make their way up i want to make two announcements. the first is one

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renewable natural gas is also a growing industry in iowa and i'm hopeful to have nuclear energy to join the generation mix as well. i look forward to working with mr. wright to continue supporting america's energy dominance through all of the above the approach. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. quorum call: the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. thune: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, last week the senate processed two members of president trump's energy team. we confirmed lee zeldin to be we confirmed lee zeldin to be ... burgum was elected to be secretary of the interior and this week we will vote on chris wright to be secretary of e energy. i talked about how implementing an all-of-the-above strategy. i spoke about the our abundance of resources and the need to leverage those resources. one of tho

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