Prof of Public Policy & Director, Ctr for Sci, Tech, & Innov Policy, Schar Schl, George Mason U; Senior Fellow, ITIF; Co-chair, NASEM Innovation Policy Forum
Mar 31, 2021 • 11 tweets • 9 min read
1/11 Thread on climate innovation in #AmericanJobsPlan – 1st and foremost: IT’S HUGE. Remember that total federal R&D spending is abt $150B per year of which half is DOD & only about $8B goes to energy @MattHourihan@kellysgallagherwhitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…2/ New solutions for hard-to-abate sectors: $35B specifically for this purpose w/explicit goal of positioning US as global leader, which we aren’t now itif.org/publications/2…