It would be fiscally, environmentally irresponsible to repeal climate policy
To the editor:
The Climate Policy must not be repealed, and House Republicans have passed a bill rolling back clean energy tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act as part of the debt ceiling debate. While the proposal would be dead on arrival at the Senate, this is an important opportunity to push back on any plans to dilute or discard climate policy. We must get our House representatives by name and thank them or express disappointment with their vote on the bill. Climate policy boosts the economy with the U.S. seeing $40 billion in clean energy investment. There are more than 100,000 climate-friendly jobs in the first three months after the IRA became law. Applaud any local clean energy investments to make sure we have what it takes to fight for climate justice and better air quality for everyone to live on planet Earth.
It’s fiscally irresponsible to roll back climate policy: In 2022, the U.S. endured 18 separate billion-dollar disasters and extreme weather events cost the U.S. $165 billion. If lawmakers are genuinely worried about the national debt, they should keep the climate provisions of the IRA in place and take further climate action to mitigate the effects of global warming and improve the lives of their constituents. We need to make change for the better of the world with more clean energy and allow more people to admire to places they live in after what’s happening with the wildfires and smoke coming from Canada to the US. We must reduce carbon emissions and help conserve more energy for all of us for the better of the world we live in.
Ashrith Varidhireddy
Fort Myers