{"id":1919994,"date":"2023-04-27T09:25:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T13:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-panel-debates-whether-biden-era-energy-policies-benefit-china\/"},"modified":"2023-04-27T09:26:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T13:26:40","slug":"house-panel-debates-whether-biden-era-energy-policies-benefit-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-panel-debates-whether-biden-era-energy-policies-benefit-china\/","title":{"rendered":"House Panel Debates Whether Biden-Era Energy Policies Benefit China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fhouse-panel-debates-whether-biden-era-energy-policies-benefit-china%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=1919994&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--><h2>China&#8217;s Energy Policies and Their Impact on the US<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0427\/b50d2d8a-3dd0-4ea5-ac1a-0017dfb738e8\/audio.mp3?length=2409453&#038;duration=201\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>During a recent hearing of the House Energy &#038; Commerce Committee\u2019s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee, the impact of China&#8217;s energy policies on the US was a hotly debated topic.<\/p>\n<h3>The Battle for Critical Minerals<\/h3>\n<p>Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) expressed concern that until the US increases its capacity for critical mineral extraction and refining, relying on renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs) will only benefit China. He also drew attention to China&#8217;s use of forced Uyghur labor.<\/p>\n<p>Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) agreed that the US needs to find ways to meet its critical mineral needs ethically and sustainably.<\/p>\n<h3>The Role of Legislation<\/h3>\n<p>Democrats and Republicans had differing views on the role of legislation in addressing China&#8217;s lead in critical industries. Trevor Higgins, an energy and environmental expert, praised the Inflation Reduction Act for driving supply chains for advanced batteries back to the US. However, Daniel Simmons, vice president for policy with the Institute for Energy Research, argued that recent vehicle emissions standards from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are de facto mandates for EVs.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact on US Energy Security<\/h3>\n<p>Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) expressed concern that the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;rush to green&#8221; will strengthen China and weaken America&#8217;s energy security. She pointed out that the US is dependent on Chinese supply chains for critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, and nickel, which are essential for battery packs.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s clear that China&#8217;s energy policies have far-reaching implications for the US. As the battle for critical minerals continues, it&#8217;s up to lawmakers to find ways to meet the country&#8217;s energy needs ethically and sustainably.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s gains and losses from energy policies during Joe Biden\u2019s presidency were a contested topic during an April 26 hearing of the House Energy &amp; Commerce Committee\u2019s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee. \u201cUntil we increase U.S. capacity for critical mineral extraction and refining, increasing our reliance on renewable energy and EVs [electric vehicles] will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":1919995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[13825,16315,4501,15571,4486,3653,8636,4600],"class_list":["post-1919994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-benefit","tag-biden-era","tag-china","tag-debates","tag-energy","tag-house","tag-panel","tag-policies"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919994","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\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1919994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1919995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1919994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1919994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1919994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}