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Other presidents used the Defense Production Act to boost fossil fuel supplies. Biden is now using it to boost clean energy. But just ramping up production isn’t enough to succeed.
Only 13% of US solar industry jobs are currently in manufacturing. The Biden administration hopes the sector will grow fast, but that might not be so simple.
Biden said the Defense Production Act would help end the shortage by directing suppliers of baby formula to prioritize delivery to formula manufacturers.
The Biden administration intends to distribute an additional 500 million at-home rapid COVID tests starting in January.
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Professor of Business, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
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Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Food Science, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Research Associate in Energy Systems, The University of Texas at Austin
