Source: Benjamin J. Hulac, ROLL CALL, 3/4/21


Republicans greeted climate legislation from their Democratic peers with a cold embrace, calling it a "one-size-fits-all” approach. Nevertheless, some elements of the bill have a shot at bipartisan support, including electricity standards, carbon-trapping technology, toxic chemicals, a diesel emissions program and controls on methane. The bill, which Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats introduced Tuesday, sets national targets to slash greenhouse gas emissions at least 50 percent by 2030, down from 2005 levels, and reach net-zero emissions by mid-century.

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