WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday announced the U.S. Department of Energy will offer $100 million in funding to support low-carbon energy technologies and create a working group to aid their development and sale.
National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy revealed the news at the White House’s first meeting of the National Climate Task Force, which included cabinet leaders from 21 federal agencies. The task force was created in President Joe Biden’s Jan. 27 executive order on tackling climate change.
McCarthy reiterated the Biden administration believes an aggressive shift to a clean energy economy can reinvigorate the U.S. economy and create jobs.
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