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The so-called wraparound amendment from Senate Republican leadership will strike a tax on wind and solar energy that had surprised and alarmed the renewable energy industry (www.nytimes.com)
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Many thanks to those who called to get this tax out of the budget. It's still really problematic in a lot of ways, including:

  • Mass deportation funding
  • Sharp cuts to Medicaid
  • End to subsidies for wind, solar, batteries, and electric vehicles
  • Huge cuts to basic research including climate science
  • Massive giveaway for billionaires

but it's now a tiny bit less bad than it was when intorduced at midnight between Friday and Saturday

Edit: I note that the NYT took down the live update about this due to not meeting their rules about anonymous sourcing, and then posted it again once it was better sourced

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