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Republicans’ Megabill Will Put U.S. Climate Goals Out of Reach
Four research firms project that the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act will raise greenhouse gas emissions and likely put U.S. and global climate goals out of reach
CLIMATEWIRE | The rollbacks in clean energy incentives in Republicans’ budget plans will put the brakes on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions reductions by throttling the growth of renewables and electric vehicles, analyses from four research firms showed. But early modeling by research groups shows the bill that passed Tuesday in the Senate would lift emissions of carbon dioxide by 8 to 12 percent from levels expected over the next decade if Democrats’ climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act ( H.R. Jenkins’ REPEAT modeling projects that when combined with Trump’s plans to repeal emissions limits for power plants, vehicles and other sources, the House and the Senate bills would spike U.S. greenhouse gases 25.7 and 25.2 percent in 2035, respectively, compared with Biden-era policies.
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