After the novel coronavirus turned the entire energy industry on its head, much of the world took the hint and dove headlong into the global clean energy transition, some in the interest of avoiding catastrophic climate change by creating a decarbonized future and others in the interest of staying afloat in a decarbonized economy that is seeming more and more inevitable. The World Economic Forum has advocated as a “ new energy order ” and a “ great reset .” Prominent international agencies such as the United Nations , the International Energy Agency , and the European Union are all putting together or enacting green stimulus plans. In the private sector, a surprising number of blue chip companies are pushing for a green energy stimulus , but the United States has been slow to follow suit, and has quickly fallen behind .It was in this context that Vox published […]