This is what the US needs to stay competitive in the clean energy race

Congress should double down on appropriations for clean energy innovation, authors say.

They say the U.S. still faces stiff competition abroad in clean tech and policymakers would be remiss to underestimate it.

China is just one of many countries contending for first place in clean energy, they say.

Kelly Sims Gallagher is a professor of energy and environmental policy at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, where she directs the Climate Policy Lab and the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy. She served in the Obama administration as a senior policy adviser in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and as senior China adviser in the Special Envoy for Climate Change office at the U.S. State Department. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed..