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The US has a storied history of launching national innovation missions. They& #39;ve delivered life-saving drugs, spawned the computer & internet revolutions, and put a man on the Moon. But we& #39;ve never launched a serious, sustained innovation mission to combat climate change (2/10)
Time to change that—and seize this political window. A President Biden would make “the largest-ever investment in clean energy innovation" & bipartisan support in Congress is growing. (In rare show of resistance, Republican lawmakers raised funding by 25% over Trump years) (3/10)
Energizing America is a roadmap to triple federal funding for clean energy innovation to $25 billion by 2025. It& #39;s ambitious AND achievable. Lower than previous nat& #39;l missions and today& #39;s health & defense innovation funding, but high enough to level playing field w/ China (4/10)
Innovation can speed decarbonization—investing in better & cheaper cleantech could be America& #39;s greatest contribution to global climate fight. HALF the reductions in a swift global net-zero transition must come from technologies that aren& #39;t yet commercially available ~ @IEA (5/10)
But HOW should we spend $25 billion by 2025? A year ago, @JasonBordoff warned me that high-level funding targets weren& #39;t enough, and the next administration and Congress would need a detailed roadmap and 100-day plan to ramp up investments...right about now. (6/10)
So that& #39;s what we created—an instruction manual for the National Energy Innovation Mission. Ten technology pillars, representing critical decarbonization needs (many underfunded). Six strategic principles to maximize diversity. And a 100-day plan to hit the ground running (7/10)
Our proposal would see federal funding for DOE double—& rise even faster in other agencies w/ the capacity & mission (DOD, NASA, NSF, USDA). Underlying this, we created the most comprehensive database of federal clean energy RD&D spending (bc Trump stopped measuring it) (8/10)
After Inauguration 2021, there won& #39;t be any time to waste. The President must submit a first budget for FY22 & Congress will start holding hearings. So we& #39;ve made detailed office & sub-office recommendations across the government, focusing on underfunded Technology Pillars (9/10)
I& #39;m so lucky to have worked with incredible co-authors, both @ColumbiaUEnergy (David Sandalow, @CarbonWrangler) and @ITIFdc ( @ProfDavidHart, @colincunliff), and we are deeply grateful to @Breakthrough for support on the project. Strap in, time to launch this mission! (10/10)
Bonus tweet #1: Shoutout to @GregGershuny, @SonalRShah, and the whole @PeteButtigieg crew, where we did some of the early analysis on defining a roadmap to $25B by 2025. #TeamPete
Bonus tweet #2: This volume took a village. My undying gratitude to @ArtealiaG (have you seen the website she designed?? http://bit.ly/energizingamerica),">https://bit.ly/energizin... @FitzLJ, @NelsoninNewYork, @Gen_Mo11, & the whole @ColumbiaUEnergy team I can& #39;t find on Twitter. Same to phenomenal @ITIFdc team 
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Bonus tweet #3: We& #39;re launching at @ClimateWeekNYC
—join us! Headlined by @LSRTweets, fmr US Dep Secretary of Energy, & @KathyCastorFL, Chair of House Select Committee on the @ClimateCrisis, and
@JasonBordoff, who conceived & supported the whole project! https://energypolicy.columbia.edu/events-calendar/climate-week-nyc-virtual-event-energizing-america-roadmap-launch-national-energy-innovation-mission">https://energypolicy.columbia.edu/events-ca...
—join us! Headlined by @LSRTweets, fmr US Dep Secretary of Energy, & @KathyCastorFL, Chair of House Select Committee on the @ClimateCrisis, and
@JasonBordoff, who conceived & supported the whole project! https://energypolicy.columbia.edu/events-calendar/climate-week-nyc-virtual-event-energizing-america-roadmap-launch-national-energy-innovation-mission">https://energypolicy.columbia.edu/events-ca...
