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Democrats outline plan to cut emissions in half by 2030 without GOP votes

By Josh Siegel
Published August 9, 2021 2:37pm ET
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Democrats outline plan to cut emissions in half by 2030 without GOP votes
Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget blueprint does not include specific clean energy or climate policy details but directs individual committees to write legislation as part of a sprawling reconciliation package that fits within the spending limit. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats unveiled plans Monday to pass legislation, without Republican votes, to put the United States on track to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

“By finally tackling climate change, we can spare our country and our planet the most devastating effects of global warming,” Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a letter to Senate Democrats announcing the fiscal year 2022 budget agreement that includes the plans.

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