Schumer Says Most Of Biden’s GHG Pledge To Come From Reconciliation

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is circulating an analysis that shows nearly two-thirds of greenhouse gas reductions needed to achieve the Biden administration’s pledge under the Paris climate agreement will come from reconciliation legislation being developed by Democrats over the next few weeks. The findings signal that EPA, other federal agencies, and states would face less of a burden in contributing toward the administration’s climate targets via regulation and other policies than if the pending bill were to fail,...