Jennifer Granholm: Nominee Currently: Dan Brouillette
The Energy Department has been one of Trump’s numerous fronts in rolling back environmental regulations. Under Biden, the department would likely move to tighten energy efficiency standards across industries and products and invest heavily in renewable energy. During the campaign, Biden introduced a $2 trillion plan to fight climate change that included pledges to eliminate carbon emissions from the electric sector by 2035, impose stricter gas mileage standards and fund investments to weatherize millions of homes and commercial buildings.
Jennifer Granholm
Former governor of Michigan
Granholm, a CNN contributor and former two-term Michigan governor, is an advocate for renewable energy jobs who led the hard-hit industrial state during the Great Recession.
Source: Washington Post Reported by Juliet Eilperin.
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2021-01-18 Biden energy secretary nominee Jennifer Granholm has millions in energy investments, per new filing President-elect Joe Biden’s energy secretary pick, Jennifer Granholm, has disclosed millions of dollars of investments in corporate and private business interests, including millions in companies linked to the energy industry, as lawmakers prepare to consider her nomination.
The former two-term Michigan governor and her husband, Daniel Mulhern, reported owning from $4.4 million up to $16.8 million in corporate interests and private assets like residential real estate properties, according to her new financial disclosure report released by the Office of Government Ethics on Monday.
2020-12-29 Jennifer Granholm’s energy record in Michigan should frighten America That’s a foolish decision that should frighten every American taxpayer. A big part of her job will be to dole out taxpayer dollars to “green” companies and industries favored by the Biden administration — a strategy she deployed in Michigan, but with little to show for it.
When Granholm was governor, she directed hundreds of millions of dollars to politically favored companies in the hopes of creating “green” jobs. She famously promised Michiganders, “In five years, you’re going to be blown away.”
That prediction came true in a way: Michigan taxpayers were shocked at how spectacularly the effort failed. Her key subsidy program, the Michigan Economic Growth Authority, approved billions of dollars in tax credits for 434 projects. A Mackinac Center analysis found that only 10, or 2.3%, of those projects were successful in meeting their job creation promises. Despite the lack of success in creating jobs, the deals she made still cost Michigan taxpayers today billions even though she left office a decade ago.
2020-12-17 Biden Energy secretary pick Jennifer Granholm has past ties to utilities, chemical companies Since her time as governor, Granholm has been supportive of the idea of electric and autonomous cars and has pushed back on any potential impact the creation of these vehicles could have on jobs. Biden’s campaign energy plan includes a push for a “100% clean energy economy,” for the U.S. to reach “net-zero emissions no later than 2050″ and for a “historic investment in clean energy and climate research and innovation.” People familiar with the transition told CNBC that Granholm has a strong record when it comes to clean energy.
2020-12-15 Biden to name Granholm as energy secretary The former Michigan governor is a strong advocate for electric vehicles. She’ll need an experienced deputy to handle nuclear weapons programs.
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