Build Back Better has many climate-friendly, emission reducing aspects, that will lessen GHG emissions while improving human health.
Send a brief email or call our Congresspeople's offices to tell the why you like H.R.5376 - Build Back Better Act!
$555 billion to fight climate change
The biggest sum of money in the bill is set aside for climate-related provisions, which will help to halve carbon emissions by 2030. The bulk of clean energy spending—$320 billion—comes in the form of tax credits for companies and consumers that install solar panels, improve the energy efficiency of buildings and purchase electric vehicles. The tax breaks could cut the overall cost of installing rooftop solar panels by around 30%, as well as lower the cost of electric vehicles by $12,500.
The bill also provides financial incentives for U.S. manufacturing of clean energy technologies, with the goal that more wind turbines and solar panels will be made domestically through a combination of grants, loans and tax credits. Spending also goes towards the creation of a Civilian Climate Corps that would provide some 300,000 jobs to restore forests and wetlands and guard against the effects of rising temperatures—similar to the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, which was championed at the time as an economic development and environmental plan, but criticized by organized labor groups.
(TIME magazine: https://time.com/6121415/build-back-better-spending-bill-summary/)
Montana Members of Congress:
Daines: steve@daines.senate.gov
Tester: senator@tester.senate.gov
***Rosendale: https://rosendale.house.gov/ to send a message
Senator Steve Daines
320 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2651
The Honorable Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.
1037 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC, 20515-2600
Phone: (202) 225-3211
Senator Jon Tester
311 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2644
Send a brief email or call our Congresspeople's offices to tell the why you like H.R.5376 - Build Back Better Act!
$555 billion to fight climate change
The biggest sum of money in the bill is set aside for climate-related provisions, which will help to halve carbon emissions by 2030. The bulk of clean energy spending—$320 billion—comes in the form of tax credits for companies and consumers that install solar panels, improve the energy efficiency of buildings and purchase electric vehicles. The tax breaks could cut the overall cost of installing rooftop solar panels by around 30%, as well as lower the cost of electric vehicles by $12,500.
The bill also provides financial incentives for U.S. manufacturing of clean energy technologies, with the goal that more wind turbines and solar panels will be made domestically through a combination of grants, loans and tax credits. Spending also goes towards the creation of a Civilian Climate Corps that would provide some 300,000 jobs to restore forests and wetlands and guard against the effects of rising temperatures—similar to the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, which was championed at the time as an economic development and environmental plan, but criticized by organized labor groups.
(TIME magazine: https://time.com/6121415/build-back-better-spending-bill-summary/)
Montana Members of Congress:
Daines: steve@daines.senate.gov
Tester: senator@tester.senate.gov
***Rosendale: https://rosendale.house.gov/ to send a message
Senator Steve Daines
320 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2651
The Honorable Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.
1037 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC, 20515-2600
Phone: (202) 225-3211
Senator Jon Tester
311 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2644