An Inside Look At The House Bill To Revolutionize US Climate Strategy

Key Points

• House Democrats have released draft text for the CLEAN Future Act, a comprehensive climate bill that aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas pollution throughout the United States by 2050 by directing federal agencies and states to oversee transformative changes to the country's energy, transportation and manufacturing sectors.
• The bill has encouraged House Republicans to pursue their own legislative proposal to address climate change, signaling a new era in climate-related regulation.
• While not likely to be enacted in its current form, the bill is the continuation of a longer term legislative play that began with the introduction of the Green New Deal in 2019. As future climate change legislation evolves from this bill, stakeholders should look to engage now with legislators on both sides of the aisle.

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