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The Senate is moving ahead with Donald Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” — a sweeping package of tax cuts, spending rollbacks, and fossil fuel boosts that threatens to gut America’s climate progress. At the heart of the bill is a direct attack on clean energy: tax credits for solar, wind, and electric vehicles would be repealed, renewable infrastructure would be hit with new excise taxes, and billions in climate investments from the Inflation Reduction Act would vanish. Supporters say it’s about “fiscal sanity.” Critics call it a climate catastrophe in the making.
While the bill’s broader cuts — including Medicaid restrictions and defense budget hikes — have grabbed headlines, the clean energy provisions are just as consequential. The legislation would eliminate subsidies that helped drive record growth in the renewable sector, threatening jobs, slowing innovation, and locking the U.S. back into fossil fuel dependence. Energy experts warn that the bill could derail Biden’s climate targets and set back the country’s emissions goals by decades. “It’s absolutely out of control,” one environmental advocate said.
Despite sharp pushback, Senate Republicans advanced the bill in a 51–49 vote, with party leaders pushing for final passage before the July 4 recess. The legislation has been shaped in part by fossil fuel donors and lobbyists, many of whom attended private meetings with Trump to help craft its priorities. Among their wins: fast-tracking oil and gas permitting, scaling back EPA enforcement, and revoking state-level clean air waivers. The message is clear — fossil fuels are back in charge, and climate policy is expendable.
The bill has drawn outrage from clean energy companies, unions, and climate organizations alike. They argue it will kill jobs in booming sectors like wind and solar, and shift costs back to consumers as energy prices rise. Economists also warn of missed opportunities, noting that green energy is now a major driver of U.S. manufacturing and rural investment. Scrapping it all in the name of short-term tax cuts, they say, is “ideological sabotage.” Yet with Trump leading in some polls and Republicans unified, the legislation could soon become law
Based on reporting by the New York Post: Republicans defend cuts to Medicaid, green energy in ‘big beautiful bill’
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