WASHINGTON After talking the climate talk at U.N. negotiations in Scotland, the Biden administration now tests whether a divided United States can walk the climate walk: push a massive investment for a new era of clean energy through the narrowest of margins in the Senate.
The House passed a roughly $2 trillion social policy and climate bill Friday, including $555 billion for cleaner energy, although the legislation is almost certain to be changed by the Senate. What ultimately emerges in the climate part of the bill will have a lasting impact on America and all its neighbors on Earth.
After talking the climate talk at UN negotiations in Scotland, US President Joe Biden’s administration now tests whether a divided US can walk the climate walk: push a massive investment for a new era of clean energy through the narrowest of margins in the US Senate.
The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a roughly US$2 trillion social policy and climate bill, including US$555 billion for cleaner energy, although the legislation is almost certain to be changed by the Senate.
What ultimately emerges in the climate part of the bill would have a lasting effect on the US and all
The Biden administration and Democrats talked the climate talk at U.N. negotiations in Scotland. They're now about to show whether a politically divided United.