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US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates: Trump replaces Republican head of energy regulatory panel who supports carbon markets
President Donald Trump demoted Neil Chatterjee, the Republican head of a U.S. energy regulation panel, Chatterjee wrote on Twitter late on Thursday, after he had promoted the use of carbon markets to curb climate change. Trump replaced Chatterjee, the former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, with fellow Republican James Danly, who had been a commissioner. Chatterjee’s term was due to end on June 30 next year. Should Democratic candidate Joe Biden become president, he would likely quickly name a Democratic FERC chair. Danly said in a statement that Chatterjee had left his mark on FERC by brokering an agreement on terminals for natural gas exports and taking other actions to help “secure our American energy independence.”
Source: CNBC
