James J. Greenberger

The Advanced Battery Industry on the Day After

Jim Greenberger2024-11-07T16:43:33-05:00

The 2024 general election is mercifully over. Many in the advanced battery, renewable energy and electric vehicle industries are apprehensive about the result to say the least. While some apprehension is warranted, it is important to keep a few of things in mind. First is that advanced batteries and electric vehicles are not the product of government policy. They are the product of fundamental changes in energy and automotive technologies that will continue regardless of political leadership. Government policy cannot affect the existence of this change (though it can affect its pace). Politics will not prevent the adoption of a superior [...]

Testimony to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling

2019-07-19T23:48:15-04:00

I had the honor of testifying on July 17 before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the subject of lithium-ion battery recycling in the United States. The Senate's interest in the topic is timely, given NAATBatt's just ended workshop on the same subject in Buffalo, New York. A copy of my oral testimony is reproduced below. The longer and more detailed written version of my testimony can be seen by clicking here: Oral Remarks Good morning Chairman Barrasso, Ranking Member Carper, and members of the Committee. My name is James Greenberger. I am the Executive Director of [...]