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Foes of Biden’s Climate Plan Sought a ‘New Solyndra,’ but They Have yet to Dig Up Scandal

Inside Climate News · By Marianne Lavelle · last updated
By the first anniversary of the climate law Republicans opposed, their Congressional districts had captured the majority of new clean energy jobs created.

By Marianne Lavelle

One year after President Joe Biden signed the nation’s first comprehensive climate legislation—the Inflation Reduction Act—Republicans have yet to find their “Solyndra.”

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State of Play

Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates. 

Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.

The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21). 

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