Democrats shelve climate messaging to attack GOP on green energy credits

Published June 13, 2025 6:30am ET



Senate Democrats are making a longshot appeal to Republicans against repealing Biden-era clean energy tax credits in President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill by using the GOP’s own talking points on energy.

Democrats and environmental groups are stealing a phrase from Republicans and Big Oil to warn of an economic fallout that would undermine “American energy dominance” rather than harp how nixing Inflation Reduction Act credits would further fuel climate change.

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