Jennifer Granholm to lead the Department of Energy, a source with knowledge of the pick confirmed to HuffPost on Tuesday. Granholm, 61, is a longtime Biden ally with a strong record on renewable energy, and she helped boost jobs in that sector while serving as Michigan’s governor from 2003 to 2011. Several spoke out against the possibility of Biden re-nominating Barack Obama’s energy secretary, Ernest Moniz, criticizing his ties to the oil and gas industries. “Jennifer Granholm has forcefully spoken out against both the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines and advocated for shifting investment from oil and gas to renewable energy,” she said. The Energy Department experienced less upheaval under President Donald Trump, who put former Texas Gov.

Source: Huffington Post December 16, 2020 00:14 UTC