Trump replaces Republican head of energy regulatory panel who supports carbon markets
Source: Reuters
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
NOVEMBER 6, 2020 10:14 AM UPDATED A DAY AGO
Trump replaces Republican head of energy regulatory panel who supports carbon markets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump demoted Neil Chatterjee, the Republican head of an energy regulation panel, after he promoted the use of carbon markets by U.S. states to curb climate change.
Trump replaced Chatterjee, who had been chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, with fellow Republican James Danly, who had been a commissioner, Chatterjee said on Twitter late Thursday.
If Joe Biden becomes president it is likely he would quickly name a Democratic FERC chair.
Last month Chatterjee had promoted putting a price on carbon emissions, an idea backed by many former Republican politicians and leading companies as a way to lower emissions of pollutants scientists say are warming the planet.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ferc-carbonmarkets/trump-replaces-republican-head-of-energy-regulatory-panel-who-supports-carbon-markets-idUSKBN27M27O
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Source: Washington Post
Trump-picked head of energy panel says he was ‘demoted for my independence’ on climate change
By Dino Grandoni and Steven Mufson
11/6/2020, 6:40:24 p.m.
With the nation focused on election results, President Trump abruptly demoted the head of a key energy panel who wants to take steps to mitigate climate change — a move the ousted official thinks may have been in retaliation for his views.
On Thursday evening, Neil Chatterjee announced on Twitter he was no longer chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, saying Trump had replaced him with fellow Republican James Danly. Chatterjee will still stay on as a commissioner of the five-member panel.
The move comes just weeks after Chatterjee and the agency began clearing the way for regional power administrators to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, the main contributor to global warming.
The idea of a carbon tax has been discussed for decades and has support across the political spectrum. Many economists say it would be one of the most efficient ways to encourage polluters to cut the amount of greenhouse gases they generate.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/chatterjee-ferc-solar/2020/11/06/23c899c8-204a-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html
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