The Washington Post continued to carry-water for the Biden administration this week; insisting the Democrats’ ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ will “certainly reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.”

“With roughly $370 billion earmarked for clean energy, electric vehicles and carbon capture storage, the Inflation Reduction Act will certainly decrease the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. The question is by how much,” posted the newspaper on Twitter.

 

From the Washington Post:

The Inflation Reduction Act — the health care and climate bill that was signed into law by President Biden on Tuesday — marks the largest climate action ever taken by the federal government. With roughly $370 billion earmarked for clean energy, electric vehicles and carbon capture storage, the bill will certainly decrease the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

The most popular number — the one that has been repeated by the president, scientists and journalists alike — is 40 percent. In a statement released shortly after the deal was reached, Democratic senators Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.) and Joe Manchin III (W.Va.) claimed the new bill would, by 2030, cut emissions 40 percent from 2005 levels. That figure was later supported by results from three independent modeling teams. Rhodium Group, an economics and energy research firm, estimated that the bill would cut emissions by 31 to 44 percent by 2030; Energy Innovation, a climate think tank, predicted a reduction of 37 to 41 percent; and a group of Princeton University researchers called the REPEAT project calculated a carbon dioxide cut of around 42 percent.