Perhaps the most significant climate change laws in a decade are tucked into COVID-19 relief bill

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 22, 2020

The huge pandemic relief and spending bill includes billions of dollars to promote clean energy such as wind and solar power while sharply reducing over time the use of potent coolants in air conditioners and refrigerators that are considered a major driver of global warming. The energy and climate provisions, supported by lawmakers from both parties, were hailed as the most significant climate change law in at least a decade.