House Republicans plan to unveil legislation in the coming weeks designed to set parameters for President Joe Biden’s reengagement in the Paris climate agreement he just rejoined.
The bill will be part of a package of climate legislation House Republicans aim to roll out to counter a virtual climate summit event the Biden administration is hosting on Earth Day with the leaders of top greenhouse gas-emitting countries, people familiar with the discussions told the Washington Examiner.
Hosting the summit April 22-23 was one of Biden’s campaign promises as a means toward encouraging countries to strengthen their commitments as part of the Paris Agreement.
The Republican legislation, which is still being finalized, would likely require Biden to report to Congress before he submits a target to reduce emissions under the Paris climate agreement.
Biden has promised to announce an aggressive pledge before the climate summit for the United States to cut emissions by 50% or more by 2030, a target that would nearly double the Obama administration’s commitment from 2016.
The legislative package is being led by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican, who wants to demonstrate that the GOP has its own agenda to address climate change but that the party disagrees with the aggressive path being charted by Biden and Democrats in Congress.
Biden’s $2.3 infrastructure plan contains massive spending and regulations to combat climate change, including subsidies to spur electric vehicles, a mandate to eliminate carbon emissions from the power sector by 2035, and tax incentives to build up U.S. capacity to manufacture clean energy technologies.
The Republican legislation, some of which will include new versions of previously introduced bills, will have a narrower focus and won’t include mandated limits on emissions.
There will be measures promoting innovation in clean energy technologies through research and development spending.
Rep. Bruce Westerman of Arkansas, the top Republican of the Natural Resources Committee, will introduce a new version of his “Trillion Trees Act” to plant trees to absorb carbon.
Other legislation would spur domestic production of critical minerals needed to build electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines.
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Better build some nuclear generating stations asap. There’s more Texas style catastrophes in the future without REAL generators.
Biden like just about all Liberal Democrats bases everything on Politics and junk science no facts are needed when it comes to pushing the Globalists agenda like Agenda 21
Memo to the GOP, look at goofs who are in power. They beat you.
Yes, the goof in power beat the GOP, but never forget that this done with election fraud.
From the article, “President Joe Biden’s reengagement in the Paris climate agreement he just rejoined.” This is not correct. The US is not and never has been part of the Paris Treaty. This can only happen with a super majority vote of the US Senate. The Paris Treaty has a massive impact and is beyond the scope of what a President can do alone. It should be noted that most nations that joined the treaty did so by going through their process for ratifying treaties.