WSJ: Republicans Want To Keep Biden’s Climate Law

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Donald Trump’s campaign-trail vow to end President Biden’s signature climate law is running into a cold reality: Too many Republican lawmakers want to keep it.

The Inflation Reduction Act has channeled billions of dollars to renewable-energy projects across the country, with Republican-led states getting the lion’s share of the funding. Even though not a single Republican in the House or Senate backed the Democratic package, today there likely isn’t enough support in Congress to pass a repeal.

“There are too many things in there that are too important to too many constituencies” to throw out the law, said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R., N.D.). A clash between Trump and congressional Republicans over the fate of the IRA would mark a high-stakes showdown determining the fate of hundreds of projects, billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs.

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President-elect Trump vowed to promote fossil fuels, weaken pollution regulations and reverse Biden administration climate efforts https://t.co/PO8QrZAFIP

— Scientific American (@sciam) November 7, 2024

The Clean Energy Boom in Republican Districts

Trump has said he’ll repeal President Biden’s climate law, but one North Carolina district shows how hard unwinding multibillion-dollar projects could be.#cleanair #cleanenergy #Renewableshttps://t.co/ZTQmxrJi5O

— Moms Clean Air Force (@CleanAirMoms) November 24, 2024

Trump has said he wants to gut the climate law. A recent @e2org survey of clean energy companies shows doing so would have a devastating effect: https://t.co/F2PGFDs9V4 via @Dan__McCarthy

— Justin Gerdes (@JustinGerdes) November 29, 2024