Statement from Phyllis Cuttino, President and CEO of The Climate Reality Project

The US House of Representatives has passed a massive budget bill. It’s big, but it’s certainly not beautiful. It will have ugly impacts on all Americans.

The bill guts critical clean energy programs that are cutting costs and lowering electricity bills for working families at a time of rising prices and exploding power demand nationwide.

Make no mistake. This was a vote to kill hundreds of thousands of good-paying US jobs and chill billions in investments in American companies and manufacturing. This was a vote to raise energy costs for households across the country. This was a vote to increase the climate pollution fueling damaging and costly storms, fires, and floods and wreaking havoc on our health – all to underwrite tax cuts for billionaires and the wealthiest 1%.

Senators must do the right thing and protect jobs, families, and businesses in their states and for the American people overall.

About The Climate Reality Project

Founded by Nobel Laureate and former US Vice President Al Gore, The Climate Reality Project is working to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every level of society. With a global movement of more than 3.8 million strong and a grassroots network of trained Climate Reality Leaders, we are spreading the truth about the climate crisis and building popular support for clean energy solutions. For more information, visit www.climaterealityproject.org or follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.