{"id":1298930,"date":"2022-02-15T10:07:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T15:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1298930"},"modified":"2022-02-15T10:07:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T15:07:41","slug":"biden-unveils-historic-green-initiatives-for-industrial-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unveils-historic-green-initiatives-for-industrial-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Unveils \u2018Historic\u2019 Green Initiatives For Industrial Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-unveils-historic-green-initiatives-for-industrial-sector%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1298930&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House unveiled on Tuesday a series of initiatives designed to transition the industrial sector to a greener future and make way for renewable technology manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>The blueprint aims to position the U.S. as a global leader in the clean energy transition by targeting the high-polluting manufacturing sector and promoting domestic green technology production, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/02\/15\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-advances-cleaner-industrial-sector-to-reduce-emissions-and-reinvigorate-american-manufacturing\/\">according<\/a> to a White House fact sheet published Tuesday. The White House listed \u201clow-carbon production\u201d of steel and aluminum needed for electric vehicles, wind farms and solar panels as a priority in the plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther strengthening our industrial base will revitalize local economies, lower prices for consumers, provide more pathways to the middle class through union jobs, and boost American competitiveness in global markets,\u201d the fact sheet stated. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/14\/house-oversight-committee-republicans-james-comer-energy-secretary-jennifer-granholm-ethics-violations\/\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Top Republicans Sound Alarm On Energy Secretary\u2019s \u2018Dubious Financial Dealings\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe industrial sector is also central to tackling the climate crisis, as it is currently responsible for nearly a third of domestic greenhouse gas emissions,\u201d the fact sheet said. \u201cBy helping manufacturers use clean energy, efficiency upgrades, and other innovative technologies to reduce emissions, the Administration is supporting cleaner industry that can produce the next generation of products and materials for a net-zero economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7373159\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7373159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice President Kamala Harris and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm listen during a presentation of a climate-friendly home heating project in New York on Nov. 1. (Kena Betancur\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The White House added that the \u201chistoric\u201d initiatives would create \u201cgood-paying jobs,\u201d further boosting the manufacturing industry which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/iag\/tgs\/iag31-33.htm\">near<\/a> its <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/MANEMP\">pre-pandemic<\/a> employment level. However, the plan called for more union jobs despite union representation <a href=\"https:\/\/data.bls.gov\/timeseries\/LUU0204910600?amp%253bdata_tool=XGtable&amp;output_view=data&amp;include_graphs=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plummeting<\/a> to all-time lows in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the announcement, the Department of Energy will launch an $8 billion program, boosting clean hydrogen energy production. The funds derive from the trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/15\/joe-biden-victory-lap-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-signing-ceremony-law\/\">signed<\/a> in late 2021. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/10\/united-states-economy-carbon-emissions-joe-biden-administration-green-energy\/\">(RELATED: \u2018Coal\u2019s Rebound\u2019: US Emissions Spiked In 2021 Despite Green Pledges)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The administration will also assemble a \u201cBuy Clean Task Force\u201d promoting the use of low-carbon materials for projects funded by the infrastructure bill. The plan also calls for greater investment in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/12\/energy-department-billion-dollars-failed-projects-carbon-emissions\/\">carbon capture technology<\/a>, which removes pollution from the air.<\/p>\n<p>The plan also calls for greater cooperation between the U.S. and the European Union, ensuring trade is conducted with \u201cclimate goals\u201d in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a strong foundation in place from today\u2019s announcements, the President\u2019s Build Back Better agenda will further boost clean manufacturing and American competitiveness for decades to come, by supporting low-carbon processes across our industrial base; driving long-term investment in our clean steel, cement, and aluminum industries; and increasing domestic production of electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels, and more,\u201d the White House said.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House unveiled on Tuesday a series of initiatives designed to transition the industrial sector to a greener future and make way for renewable technology manufacturing.The blueprint aims to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1298930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1298930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1298930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1298930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1298930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}