The Big Brutal Bill will Make Emissions Great Again and Make Americans Sicker
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WASHINGTON, DC– As Americans are experiencing deadly heat across the country, the U.S. Senate passed a reconciliation bill today that would roll back urgently needed investments in cleaner energy like wind and solar —even while the fossil fuel industry enjoys record profits and record tax breaks. The Big Brutal Bill delays incentives to cut the methane emissions that are supercharging global warming, eliminates thousands of cleaner energy jobs, and increases pollution in communities across the country. All of this is developing amid EPA Administrator Zeldin’s POLLUTION SPREE, which is fueled by a flurry of rollbacks targeting critical climate and clean air protections. In response, Moms Clean Air Force Federal Policy Director Melody Reis released the following statement:
“This is a bill that promises more deadly pollution, more extreme weather, and higher prices, all while crippling progress and punishing American engineering and ingenuity. How can Senate Republicans think that this big brutal bill could possibly Make America Great Again? Doubling down on outdated technologies, rolling back investments in public health, and ceding US leadership on cleaner energy—and the thousands of jobs that come with it—might bring us back in time, but certainly not back to better days. Many elements of this bill will make Americans sicker, but the bill will also make it more expensive, if not impossible, for millions of Americans to get health care.
“This bill goes beyond our current government’s ‘do nothing’ approach to climate action. It is a crusade to undo the headway we have already made. It is an abject failure of leadership—to say nothing of compassion—and sets our children on a path to a less stable, less prosperous and less secure future.”
The bill cuts clean energy tax credits that incentivize home energy efficiency, the purchase of new and used electric vehicles, and solar energy. It also eliminates programs that reduce tailpipe pollution and eliminates funding for monitoring air pollution and cleaning up the air at schools.