Will the US Climate Change Reconciliation Project Pass?

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Reducing global warming (climate change) and reducing the atmospheric temperature by 1.5°C is within reach, but it requires real change and transformation and the active participation of all countries of the world. Gillian Neuberger, legislative engagement coordinator at the World Resources Institute, said, "The bipartisan reconciliation bill (referring to the US Republican and Democratic parties) is not fundamentally transformative, but will make some network improvements necessary for the transition to green energy." But the most important thing is that we're actually getting green energy on that grid, and we need a climate bill that stimulates renewables." Democrats hope to pass both clauses - and more - in a second $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill. Whereas, on Wednesday morning, Senate Democrats took the first step on that path, voting to approve a budget blueprint that would allow them to shield the larger bill from Republican obstruction in the complex Senate budget reconciliation process. In its current form, a second, more robust legislative package would create a new Clean Electricity Payment Program that would incentivize energy companies to ramp up their renewables (essentially a clean energy standard designed to meet the strict rules governing budget compromise). It would also impose fees on companies that emit heavy methane and carbon pollutants, the main culprits of climate change, and provide new consumer discounts to help power homes and weather adaptation. It would also create a New Deal-style civilian climate corps that would put Americans to work building climate-resilient infrastructure, reducing carbon emissions through renewable energy and conservation projects, and helping communities recover from climate disasters. So if the reconciliation bill passes, Democrats say it will put the United States on the right track to fulfill President Joe Biden's commitment to halve greenhouse gas emissions and create an 80 percent clean energy grid by 2030. “We will address the existential threat of climate change by shifting our energy systems toward renewable energy and energy efficiency, and through the Civilian Climate Corps, we will give hundreds of thousands of young people jobs,” Bernie Sanders, the Senate budget chief, independent of Vermont, said in a statement. They have good salaries and educational benefits as they will help us fight climate change." The reconciliation bill will likely be the last chance for significant federal climate legislation this decade. In the 50-50 Senate and narrowly divided House of Representatives, Democrats have as little margin for error as possible, staring at midterm elections that could cost them their shaky majorities in both houses of Congress. Meanwhile, as the UN report makes clear, past and present greenhouse gas emissions mean increased heat waves, droughts, wildfires, hurricanes and floods are now inevitable. "We have a really small window, both legislatively and in the context of global warming, to do something," said Marcela Mulholland, policy director for progress data. Will the Climate Change Reconciliation Project pass? And will Biden keep his promises to cut carbon emissions? This is what the days will reveal to us. 

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