America's Drastic Shift: What Are Paths for Climate?

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🗓️ 8 January 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In the final moments of 2020, the most important U.S. energy legislation in a decade flew in under the radar, attached to the coronavirus relief and government funding bill.

It’s an astonishing collection of measures. It sets aside $35 Billion in new funding for clean energy R&D, phases out some of the most egregious greenhouse gases, and extends tax credits for wind, solar, nuclear, and carbon capture. What’s the impact?

It would have been a bill big enough to discuss this whole episode. But it’s been eclipsed by the possibility of more ambitious legislation under a Democrat-controlled Congress -- thanks to some big Senate wins in Georgia on Wednesday.

With a window of action open, how much can get done in the next two years? We’ll dig in.

Lastly, one of the biggest business stories from the last year: Tesla. A stratospheric stock price, strong sales growth, and the second richest man in the world. What do Elon Musk’s fortunes foreshadow for EVs?

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1:24.4	GTM welcome to the opening show of 2021 and well what is happening in the final
1:31.1	months of 2020 the most important. energy legislation in a decade flew under the radar,
1:36.2	attached to a coronavirus relief and government funding bill.
1:39.2	It's an astonishing collection of measures, any one of which would have had little chance in Congress
1:44.3	up till now.
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