"Tax breaks for solar, electric vehicles and energy storage were jettisoned. Retired and sick coal miners, meanwhile, got some of the support they had fought for."
"In the massive federal spending package that Congress passed this week, just in time to head off a government shutdown, lawmakers showed they are in no hurry for the clean energy future.
They strategically slashed most of the tax credit extenders that analysts saw as this Congress' best opportunity to accelerate renewable energy and cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. All that remained of the package at the end of months-long negotiation and debate were measures that will be politically useful to Republicans—most notably, biofuel subsidies.
It was an affirmation both of the upper hand that the GOP has with its control of the Senate and the White House and of the party's hostility to federal actions that would help displace oil, natural gas and coal. Support for solar energy, electric vehicles and energy storage all were jettisoned."
James Bruggers and Marianne Lavelle report for InsideClimate News December 20, 2019.
SEE ALSO:
"Appropriations: Winners And Losers In The Year‑End Spending Deal" (E&E Daily)
"Interior-EPA Bill — Magnet For Policy Brawls — Makes Comeback" (E&E Daily)
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