https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-biden-climate-bill-renewable-energy-b3e5fe03
Billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs are at stake in red states
By Scott Patterson
WASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s campaign-trail vow to end President Biden’s signature climate law is running into a cold reality: Too many Republican lawmakers want to keep it.
The Inflation Reduction Act has channeled billions of dollars to renewable-energy projects across the country, with Republican-led states getting the lion’s share of the funding. Even though not a single Republican in the House or Senate backed the Democratic package, today there likely isn’t enough support in Congress to pass a repeal, according to Capitol Hill watchers and former Trump administration officials who worked on energy policy.
“There are too many things in there that are too important to too many constituencies” to throw out the law, said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R., N.D.).
A clash between Trump and congressional Republicans over the fate of the IRA would mark a high-stakes showdown determining the fate of hundreds of projects, billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs. It would pit Trump against some of his staunchest oil-and-gas supporters, who have plowed money into projects funded by the climate law, while presenting another test of how hard GOP lawmakers are willing to push back against the president-elect.
With a majority of just about a half dozen seats in next year’s House and a 53-47 margin in the Senate, the IRA repeal is one of a number of Trump pledges that might fizzle out. Already, his attempt to strong-arm the Senate into confirming some cabinet picks without a vote got the brushoff from lawmakers.
Trump pledged on the campaign trail to terminate the 2022 law, which he called the “green new scam.” He has repeatedly railed against clean-energy technologies such as wind power and electric vehicles and the subsidies that fund them. Trump also has said climate change is a hoax. Ending the law would stall or halt a raft of clean-energy projects that would benefit from tax credits, grants and loans.
Trump Vowed to Kill Biden’s Climate Law. Republicans Say Not So Fast.
Billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs are at stake in red states
