Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock Save for later Print Download Share US officials arrived at COP28 in Dubai last week armed with arguably the most tangible concrete climate credibility in years 鈥� more than $250 billion in announced clean energy investments. Government officials have laid out several modest achievements this week: unveiling first time methane standards targeting older oil and gas facilities and launching the Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) carbon offset initiative to unlock private capital. But it鈥檚 not clear the administration of President Joe Biden is doing enough to appease progressives in the Democratic party, already at odds with the president over his support for Israel. Positions could harden if the Biden camp takes a less than full-throated approach to backing an EU-led push for strong fossil fuel phaseout language.
