With Congress poised to pass a sweeping tax and spending bill that will gut many of the Inflation Reduction Act’s incentives for renewable energy projects, stakeholders have been forced to reexamine their strategy for fighting climate change by boosting investment in Republican areas. That approach, policy analysts say, has run headlong into Trump’s political instincts.
“Every rational tactic that typically works to build support for this stuff was used,” Bracewell’s Frank Maisano told The Washington Post. “They all fell short when confronted with Trump’s political machine, which has seemed to have won the day.”
