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    • U.S. bipartisan bill leaves out key climate, clean energy steps

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    The US$1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package unveiled by the Senate includes more than US$150 billion to boost clean energy and promote "climate resilience" by making schools, ports and other structures better able to withstand extreme weather events such as storms and wildfires.

    But the bill, headed for a Senate vote this week, falls far short of U.S. President Joe Biden's pledge to transform the nation's heavily fossil-fuel powered economy into a clean-burning one and stop climate-damaging emissions from U.S. power plants by 2035.

    Notably, the deal omits mention of a Clean Electricity Standard, a key element of Biden's climate plan that would require the electric grid to replace fossil fuels with renewable sources such as solar, wind and hydropower.

    Nor does it include a Civilian Climate Corps, a Biden favorite and a nod to the Great Depression-era New Deal that would put millions of Americans to work on conservation projects, renewable energy and helping communities recover from climate disasters.

    The White House says the bipartisan deal is just the first step, with a proposed US$3.5 trillion, Democratic-only package following close behind. The larger bill, still being developed in Congress, will meet Biden's promise to move the country toward carbon-free electricity, make America a global leader in electric vehicles and create millions of jobs in solar, wind and other clean-energy industries, supporters say.

    While the bipartisan plan is "a good start," lawmakers will "deal with the climate crisis in the magnitude, scope and scale that's required" in the Democratic-only bill, said Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.

    For now, the focus is on the bipartisan deal, which includes US$550 billion in new spending for public works projects, US$73 billion of that to update the electric grid and more than US$50 billion to bolster infrastructure against cyberattacks and climate change. There's also US$7.5 billion for electric charging stations.

    Citing the deadly Texas power outages earlier this year, the White House touted spending to upgrade the nation's power grid and boost renewable energy. An Energy Department study found that power outages cost the U.S. economy up to US$70 billion a year. The bill also invests in demonstration projects for advanced nuclear reactors, carbon capture and storage and so-called clean hydrogen that can be burned with few emissions.

    Still, the measure falls far short of meeting Biden's promise to address the climate crisis, even as triple-digit temperatures across the West caused hundreds of deaths this summer and a busy Atlantic hurricane season causes extensive damage.

    "It is clear that the deal does not meet the moment on climate or justice," said Tiernan Sittenfeld, a senior vice president of the League of Conservation Voters.

    "This looks like the Exxon Infrastructure Bill," said Janet Redman of Greenpeace USA. "An infrastructure bill that doesn't prevent a full-blown climate catastrophe by funding a swift transition to renewable energy would kill millions of Americans."

    The bill offers "glimmers of hope" such as a multibillion-dollar commitment to clean up and remediate old oil wells and mines, Redman said, calling on Democrats to demonstrate "the courage to be visionary and go bigger" in the partisan bill expected later this year.

    One of the lead negotiators, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, acknowledged that no one got everything they wanted in the bipartisan bill. "But we came up with a good compromise that's going to help the American people," he said.

    "This is about infrastructure," Portman said at the White House. "This is roads and bridges, but also lots of other kinds of infrastructure, including broadband, our water system and our rail system -- all of which is good for the economy. This will lead to more efficiency and higher productivity, more economic growth."

    The plan includes US$21 billion to clean up brownfields and other polluted sites, reclaim abandoned mine land and cap orphaned oil and gas wells. The plan will help communities near contaminated industrial sites and rural areas where abandoned oil wells pose a continuing a hazard, the White House said.

    The Senate voted, 66-28, Friday to advance the bill, but it's unclear if enough Republicans will eventually join Democrats to support final passage. Senate rules require 60 votes in the evenly split 50-50 chamber to advance the bill but a simple majority to pass it.

    The measure also faces turbulence in the closely divided House, where progressives are pushing for increased spending on climate change and other issues and centrist lawmakers are wary of adding to the federal debt.

    Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, called the Senate bill inadequate and pledged to push for changes in the House, which passed a separate, US$715 billion transportation and water bill in early July. Transportation is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.

    DeFazio, the House bill's lead sponsor, said his bill "charts our path forward," adding that he is "fighting to make sure we enact a transformative bill that supports our recovery and combats the existential threat of climate change."

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