Clean energy package would be biggest legislative climate investment in US history

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Clean energy package would be biggest legislative climate investment in US history
CNN Expansion DC - November 2021, Shoot ID: 1089822 , 11/16/2021, Ella Nilsen
By Ella Nilsen, CNN
Updated 11:47 AM ET, Thu July 28, 2022
The climate and clean energy deal puts billions of dollars toward clean energy manufacturing and tax credits for wind, solar and battery storage.


(CNN)Sen. Joe Manchin's stunning reversal on a clean energy package has suddenly put Democrats in a position to pass the largest climate investment in US history, and by far the biggest legislative win for the environmental movement since the Clean Air Act.

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But despite the concessions on planet-warming fossil fuels, analysis from Schumer's office suggests the measures would reduce US carbon emissions by roughly 40% by 2030, putting President Joe Biden well on his way to achieving his goal of cutting emissions in half by 2030.

This package, if approved through the Senate's reconciliation process and passed by both houses of Congress, would be more than a massive legislative win for Democrats ahead of the midterms; it would help put the US back in a global position to lead on climate alongside the EU.

"By a wide margin, this legislation will be the greatest pro-climate legislation that has ever been passed by Congress," Schumer said in a statement Wednesday night. The agreement also got a seal of approval from Biden, who called it "historic" in a statement.

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/28/politics/climate-deal-joe-manchin/index.html

[Stuart G]

1. Very important for our health over the long haul. K & R

[Native]

2. I have been waiting for this to happen since he took office. So pumped!!!

[Ron Green]

3. But it's so much more important to discuss Hawley's feckless cowardice or

Trump’s Dorian Gray moment than to examine this modest effort to save human existence.

K&R, anyway.