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US House targets big climate, clean energy rollbacks in budget proposal

U.S. House lawmakers laid out plans on Monday to phase out clean energy tax credits, slash spending on electric vehicles and renewable energy, and claw back other climate-related funds as part of the Republicans’ attempt to pass a multi-trillion-dollar budget in line with President Donald Trump’s agenda.

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce laid out a proposal, which will be voted on on Tuesday, that would raise $6.5 billion from the repeal of climate-related parts of the Biden administration’s massive Inflation Reduction Act legislation.

Read more in Reuters here.

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