US EditionTrump Bill Takes a 'Big, Beautiful' Bite Out of US Climate Progress
UNITED STATES, JUL 20 – The bill phases out renewable energy subsidies, raising household energy costs by up to $630 annually in some states and cuts Medicaid funding affecting tens of thousands of Planned Parenthood patients.
- On July 4, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill, slashing incentives for renewables and expanding subsidies for fossil fuels.
- Earlier this month, the legislation rescinds IRA funds for clean energy manufacturing and phases out EV tax credits by late 2025.
- In New York, experts and advocates say the bill could raise energy rates, strain the grid, jeopardize emissions goals, and make building renewables more difficult, they told Central Current.
- Rates are scheduled to rise, the trade group warned, threatening demand fulfillment, increasing costs for millions, and harming economic growth, according to the Edison Electric Institute.
- Looking ahead, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act aims for deep emission cuts by 2030, but expansion of automation and AI may strain grid capacity, experts say.
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Trump bill takes a 'big, beautiful' bite out of US climate progress
The “big, beautiful bill” is expected to make a major dent in the U.S.’s climate progress, adding significantly more planet-warming emissions to the atmosphere. Models of the legislation that have emerged since its passage earlier this month show that U.S. emissions will rise as a result of its implementation. One from climate think tank C2ES found that U.S. emissions will be 8 percent more than they would have been otherwise as a result of the …
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