Tobin Harshaw, Columnist

The Energy Transition Is Turning Ugly

Biden’s IRA is intended to boost US jobs and create new supply chains, but it’s also upsetting global trade rules and blocking solar power.

April 21, 2024 at 12:00 PM UTC

By Tobin Harshaw

Tobin Harshaw is a Bloomberg Opinion senior editor and columnist on national security and military affairs. Previously, he was deputy editor at the op-ed page of the New York Times and the newspaper’s letters editor.

Yes, there are solar panels in Texas.
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