The U.S.'s Best Hope For Real Climate Policy Is Fizzling. What Now?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : That money could fund far bigger Department of Energy grants to states for clean energy, expand existing tax credits for zero-carbon electricity, and boost community solar programs.
51% : The bill could also implement a border adjustment tax -- a fee on imports that accounts for the pollution that went into the production of those goods, the first example of which the European Union proposed in July.
24% : The Environmental Protection Agency vowed to implement regulations on power plants if the legislation fails, mirroring the strategy the Obama administration took after its signature climate proposal died in Congress in 2010.

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