Congressional Democrats laid out a series of proposals Monday on how to combat climate change as part of the $3.5 trillion budget package bill currently being negotiated
White House’s goal
A $27.5 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund would help deploy low- and zero-emission technologies. If, say, a local government or nonprofit organization wants to put a solar array on a public building, this program could support that. $3.5 billion in grants and rebates for technology that reduces emissions from ports, for example by capturing the emissions from ships when they are docked.$9 billion for homeowners, focused on low- and moderate-income communities and Native American tribes, to convert systems that currently burn oil or gas, such as heat and hot water, to electricity.
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