Historic Senate Climate Deal Would Reduce Emissions 40% By 2030 - EcoWatch

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The bill also includes provisions for healthcare, including expanding the Affordable Care Act and pandemic-related insurance cost relief, allowing Medicare to work with pharmaceutical companies for lower drug costs, and providing free vaccinations to seniors.
57% :The budget toward clean energy in the current deal includes tax incentives for solar, wind and hydrogen powers as well as direct air capture technologies, which capture carbon emissions from the atmosphere, low- or no-emissions vehicles, and domestic mineral mining for the production of batteries for electric vehicles.
57% : According to the bill, $433 billion of the $739 billion raised from the tax law will go toward investments in healthcare and clean energy, while the additional money is expected to go to reducing federal deficits.
53% : Previous versions of the bill that were turned down included over $555 billion for clean energy, including solar, wind, nuclear, and batteries.
51% : The bill also includes a concession to Manchin that requires the Department of the Interior to reinstate oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, after a 2021 auction was vacated by a federal judge, as well as requires new leases in the Gulf.

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