• Tracy Hammond
• action
• america
• January 23, 2016
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What Can Be Done for Renewable Energy Without Congress?

Although most people in and out of Washington assume (correctly) that Congress is unable to enact significant energy legislation in 2014, President Obama can still leverage executive branch power to push through substantive policies and market drivers for renewable energy.  Having essentially written off Congress himself, the President has already proclaimed this the “Year of Action,” and he intends to work toward reshaping America’s energy framework in order to adapt it to a lower carbon economy.  To do this, the President has several administrative tools still at his disposal. Below are some of the most significant policies that President Obama can put in place during the remainder of his second term without waiting on Congress to act.  Many of these are discussed in a recent report by…