Congress has passed President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," taking an axe to clean energy, though it was slightly blunted in Senate negotiations earlier this week.
On Thursday, the House voted 218-214 to send the bill to Trump's desk by a self-imposed July 4 deadline. Trump is expected to sign the bill during a ceremony sometime tomorrow.
The legislation, which effectively repeals or dilutes much of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, is expected to have a devastating effect on the development of clean energy, increasing utility costs and worsening climate change as a result.
"This measure props up the dirty and expensive technologies of the past, while strangling the clean energy investments that are creating millions of jobs across the country," Natural Resources Defense Council President Manish Bapna said in a statement. "At a time when we need new energy more than ever, Republicans are punishing the plentiful wind and solar power that can be quickly added to the grid."
