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Here's one Biden climate provision Republicans are unlikely to kill

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ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies have spent millions lobbying for government support of green technology.

Carbon capture tax credit was one of the few things left untouched when House Republicans passed a budget bill on May 22 that effectively gutted the Inflation Reduction Act , the Biden administration’s signature climate legislation.

Opponents say the tax credit props up an industry at taxpayer expense.

Existing carbon-capture facilities have been plagued by technical and financial issues.

The country’s first commercial carbon capture plant in Decatur , Illinois , sprung two leaks last year .

Critics point out that all of this risk is being taken for a technology that has not been proven to work at scale.

It could also strain the existing electrical grid.

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