Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate plans to hold its first vote Aug. 6 on the Inflation Reduction Act. An estimated $369 billion over the next 10 years would go toward combating climate change and investing in “energy security.” Here we review some of the climate-focused provisions in the bill.
Issues: global warming
Biden’s Earth Day Exaggerations
Trump Mocks Global Warming, Lowballs Sea Level Rise
Buttigieg Wrong About Climate Change’s Effect on Oceans
Trump Bungles Climate Change in UK
Steve King’s Climate Change Rainfall Claims
No, Climate Change Isn’t ‘Made Up’
How Potent Is Methane?
Two federal agencies this month took steps that would allow the oil and gas industry to release more methane, a greenhouse gas, into the environment. Critics warned that methane is more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping the Earth’s heat, but some gave wildly divergent figures to describe how much more potent.