Goodbye clean air, hello spiking electric bills: America’s climate reality under Project 2025

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🗞️ Driving the news: Project 2025, a 922-page conservative agenda, proposes reversing current climate policies and expanding fossil fuel use
• An analysis by Energy Innovation reveals that if implemented, these proposals would drastically increase emissions and energy costs, reversing progress made under the Biden administration

🔭 The context: The Biden administration's climate policies, including the Inflation Reduction Act, have led to significant progress towards reducing emissions, with a goal of cutting them by 50% by 2030
• In contrast, Project 2025 aims to repeal these policies, favoring fossil fuels and deregulation

🌍 Why it matters for the planet: Implementing Project 2025 could result in an additional 76 billion tons of CO2 emissions by 2050, increasing air pollution, and exacerbating climate change
• The policy shift could undo decades of environmental progress, making it harder to meet global climate targets

⏭️ What's next: The outcome of the next presidential election will be crucial in determining the U.S.'s climate policy direction, with potential global implications
• A continuation of current policies could sustain progress, while a shift towards Project 2025 could lead to severe environmental and economic consequences

💬 One quote: "We are at a precipice where this is an election of geologic consequences... Who is president in this next term will, in many ways, determine our collective fate." — Lena Moffitt, Evergreen Action

📈 One stat: Under Project 2025, U.S. households would spend an additional $147 billion on energy annually by 2050

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