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How the New Climate Bill Would Reduce Emissions

The New York Times · Nadja Popovich · last updated

If signed into law, the bill’s hefty tax incentives for low-carbon technologies could enable the country to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 40 percent below 2005 levels by the end of this decade, according to forthcoming research by the Princeton-led REPEAT Project.

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