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‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: how Trump is fumbling geothermal energy


Former energy officials raise alarm about tariffs, cuts and other policies creating uncertainty in geothermal industry

The US has an advantage on geothermal over China and must move urgently, said David Turk, who served as the deputy secretary of energy under former president Joe Biden. The US is the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter after China, and although US emissions have trended downward for the past two decades, the country is still not on track to meet its climate targets. But geothermal projects now face strict restrictions on the involvement of “foreign entities of concern,” such as Chinese companies and individuals, known as FEOC requirements.

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