Theres lots to be excited about with the new Biden climate EOs. But at the same time meaningful, durable climate policy will also require legislation.

In a new @TheBTI report we take a deep dive into policies that are both impactful and could become law: https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/uploads.thebreakthrough.org/Quiet-Climate-Policy-Report_v6.pdf
On the energy side some big ones are supercharging DOE loan authorizations to support early-stage clean energy companies, more funding for geothermal/carbon removal/small modular nuclear, grid modernization through a nationwide "supergrid", and extending support for renewables.
On the transport side, we argue for investing in expanded EV charging infrastructure and investments in ports and airports to reduce emissions, deal with maintenance backlogs and adapt to future climate changes:
For agriculture we suggest investing innovation to reduce climate and environmental impacts, more funding for conservation programs, and investments in the US dairy sector to make it more sustainable:
This is hardly an exhaustive list of policy measures we should take, but it is a list of things that we think could potentially get bipartisan support to pass congress today.
And yes, some of the things in here were passed in the recent omnibus bill (yay!), but there is still a lot more that needs to be done.
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