Study: New law will slice carbon pollution by 40%

An analysis by the Energy Department found the new law addressing climate change will lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 about 40% compared to 2005 levels.

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August 18, 2022 - 2:29 PM

Scientists say air pollution is a contributing factor to climate change. Photo by (Dreamstime/TNS)

Clean energy incentives in the new spending package signed this week by President Joe Biden will trim America’s emissions of heat-trapping gases by about 1.1 billion tons by 2030, a new Department of Energy analysis shows.

The first official federal calculations, shared with The Associated Press before its release Thursday, say that between the bill just signed and last year’s infrastructure spending law, the U.S. by the end of the decade will be producing about 1.26 billion tons less carbon pollution than it would have without the laws. That saving is equivalent to about…

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