Interview: US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Washington. AP Photo/Evan Vucci
On December 8, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to continue pushing the US toward cleaner and more sustainable energy and setting new goals for emissions. A day later, US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm began a tour of Illinois. Today, she's visiting the University of Illinois’ Energy Farm in Champaign County, touring a community solar project in Kankakee County, and finally visiting the Braidwood Generating Station, a nuclear power plant, in Will County. The next day, she’ll join Governor JB Pritzker and Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL14) to tour Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia. She joined The 21st to talk about the executive order, the recently-passed infrastructure bill, electric vehicles, and more.
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Secretary Jennifer Granholm
U.S. Department of Energy and former Governor of Michigan (D)
President Biden will sign an executive order directing the federal government to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 https://t.co/kpjyXWOD58
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 8, 2021
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