President Joe Biden speaks from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2023, about building healthy communities and announces new environmental actions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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The Big Story
Biden hits GOP proposals to cut green energy tax credits
President Biden took aim at a push by congressional Republicans to roll back provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on Friday while marking the newly minted White House Office of Environmental Justice.
The proposal, released by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)Wednesday, would end several renewable tax credits, including some that were part of the IRA.
“The MAGA Republicans in Congress want to repeal climate protections in the Inflation Reduction Act,” Biden said. “They’d rather threaten to default the U.S. economy … than get rid of $30 billion in taxpayer subsidies to an oil industry that made $200 billion last year.”
The executive order itself not only establishes the new Office of Environmental Justice within the White House Council on Environmental Quality, it requires federal agencies to inform impacted communities in case of any release of toxic substances from a federal building.
Read more on Biden’s comments in a full report atTheHill.com.
Welcome to The Hill’s Energy & Environment newsletter, we’re Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk — keeping you up to speed on the policies impacting everything from oil and gas to new supply chains.
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Lake Mead will rise 33 feet higher than expected this year because of snowpack levels in the Upper Colorado River Basin, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Clashes over electric vehicle policies are exacerbating tensions between the Biden administration and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a key swing vote in the Senate.
The federal government is asking for more than half a billion dollars for dozens of projects aimed at bolstering America’s coastlines against rising seas.
News we’ve flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics:
Chile plans to nationalize its vast lithium industry(Reuters)
18 years and counting: EPA still has no method for measuring CAFO air pollution (Investigate Midwest)
EPA fines natural gas companies in Colorado, the West $9 million for ozone-causing leaks (The Colorado Sun)
“Ghost forests“ along U.S. coasts are a haunting indicator of climate change (CBS News)
On Tap
Upcoming news themes and events we’re watching:
Tomorrow (Saturday, April 22) is Earth Day!
Next week:The House is expected to take up a Congressional Review Act resolution that would undo a Biden administration moratorium on solar panel tariffs.
– On Wednesday theSenate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a hearing on permitting reform.
– On Thursday Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is expected to testify before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
The Supreme Court is expected to weigh in at some point Friday on a challenge to the legality of the abortion pill mifepristone less than a year after the conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade and ostensibly sent decisions on abortion laws to the states. Read more
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