Provisions in the reconciliation package working its way through Congress would help meet Biden’s climate pledge Scientific American
By Nick Sobczyk, E&E News September 15, 2021
The reconciliation bill working its way through Congress could cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by nearly a gigaton by 2030, according to a new report. The analysis, released today by the Rhodium Group, an independent research firm, offers a first look at how the sprawling suite of climate policies Democrats are considering as part of their $3.5 trillion package could overhaul energy and contribute to President Biden’s Paris Agreement emissions-cutting pledge. The bill could ultimately include dozens of different climate and energy provisions. But the report examined six of the biggest proposals currently in the mix: clean energy and electric vehicle tax credit expansions, a methane fee, funding for rural electric cooperatives, money for agriculture and forestry carbon capture programs, and the proposed Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP).
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