Trump, GOP-Held Congress to Chisel Away at Biden’s Energy Legacy
How the push for green energy exemplified in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act fares in coming years will define successive presidential administrations.
Two broad ways to define President Joe Biden’s energy legacy are through policy influence going forward and public perception going backward.
On one hand, Biden’s energy legacy will unfold over the next decade as the regulatory reach of the 2021–2022 “new green deal” bills he championed are challenged in the GOP-held Congress and by an incoming administration pledged to unspool its authorizations.