The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Is a Return to the Old Way of Politics. That’s A Problem for the Climate
August 06, 2021 at 06:45PM The bipartisan infrastructure package being negotiated in the Senate promises to fund some important climate programs, with sizable expenditures for cleaning up abandoned oil wells, replacing lead pipes and repairing roads and bridges. The $50 billion in climate resilience funding will protect people from the storms, droughts, floods and other extreme weather events made worse by climate change. Unfortunately, it will do little to address the coal, oil and gas use that is driving climate change. Even worse, many sections, if not removed, will actively make it worse. The looming bipartisan infrastructure deal, if it passes, will be celebrated as a return to pre-Trump politics where politicians reach across the partisan divide, compromise where necessary, and work toward the wrong shared goals. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] But it’s business as usual when it comes to the defining challenge of our time: the climate crisis. The bill provides noth...