Republican lawmakers could soon kill clean energy jobs in their home states

https://www.theverge.com/climate-change/670047/solar-wind-energy-battery-manufacturing-tax-credits-republican-spending-bill

by theverge

7 comments

  1. Renewable energy has driven a manufacturing boom in the US, but that’s all at stake as Congress weighs cuts to Biden-era tax incentives.

    Solar, wind, and battery companies have announced plans to either create or expand 250 manufacturing facilities since August 2022. That’s when Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), considered the biggest federal investment to date in climate and clean energy. If those projects are up and running by 2030, they would collectively create more than 575,000 jobs and contribute $86 billion annually to gross domestic product, according to a report published today by the American Clean Power Association (ACP).

    Republican districts benefit the most from the IRA’s clean energy tax credits. But now, GOP lawmakers could take away those tax incentives if they follow through with President Donald Trump’s plan to pass a “big, beautiful” spending bill that would rollback what he calls a “green new scam.”

    Read more: [https://www.theverge.com/climate-change/670047/solar-wind-energy-battery-manufacturing-tax-credits-republican-spending-bill](https://www.theverge.com/climate-change/670047/solar-wind-energy-battery-manufacturing-tax-credits-republican-spending-bill)

  4. As long as those workers who lose their job, know full well why they lost their job.

  5. I guess that’s one way of owning the libs. I hope these people getting laid off see the light and vote D in the midterms.

Comments are closed.