CONTACT: Adam Beitman, adam.beitman@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House tax leaders have introduced the GREEN Act.
In Response Sierra Club Deputy Legislative Director Matthew Bearzotti Released the Following Statement:
“The Green Act would do a good deal to help the clean energy economy recover, re-employ hundreds of thousands of clean energy workers currently out of a job, and support President Biden’s build back better goals. However, this version of the GREEN Act falls short of the bold and ambitious legislation that is required and now possible.
“Congress finally has an opportunity to tackle legislation with a much broader level of ambition in support of the entire clean energy sector. A new and improved GREEN Act needs to include a broader set of incentives, and a longer period of support for them. We need a bill that is bold enough to fully unleash a clean energy transition equal to the challenge of the climate crisis, that cuts dirty subsidies which prop up detrimental energy sources, and which helps advance environmental justice for communities nationwide.”
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