Energy Nominee Seeks to Bring Anti-Racism to US Policy

Energy Nominee Seeks to Bring Anti-Racism to US Policy
Shalanda Baker, senior advisor Secretary of Energy, and nominee to head the Department of Energy's Office of Minority Economic Impact Department of Energy
|Updated:

A nominee to the Department of Energy wants U.S. policy to incorporate anti-racism and to move beyond notions of private property.

Shalanda Baker, a law professor currently on a professional leave of absence from Northeastern University to serve in the Biden administration, is already secretarial adviser on equity and deputy director for energy justice in the Department of Energy. The deputy director role is newly created by the Biden administration.
Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
Author
Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
twitter
truth
Related Topics