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We’re at a make-or-break moment for US climate goals
Biden made big strides in clean energy. It isn’t enough.
But in a scenario with data center electricity demand growing nearly threefold by 2035, power sector emissions would rise 56 percent compared to Rhodium’s central estimate. If Republicans gain control of the White House and Congress come November, they could also work to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law in 2022 as the biggest investment in climate and clean energy to date in the US. “The person who wins the White House in November will have the chance to leave their mark on [greenhouse gas] regulations, either defending them in court and pursuing additional action or revoking them wholesale,” Rhodium’s analysis says.
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