House Funding Bills Would Fund Critical Climate and Clean Energy Investments

(WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 7, 2022) The House Appropriations Committee last week completed markups of the government funding bills for the upcoming fiscal year (FY23). These appropriations bills contain many climate-forward programs that are EDF priorities, including funds for agriculture and fisheries climate research, documenting orphan oil and gas wells, clean energy demonstrations, and international climate assistance. We urge the House to pass these funding packages and work with the Senate to sign them into law.

“For too long, the agencies that advance clean energy solutions and build climate resilient communities have been dangerously underfunded,” said Elizabeth Gore, Senior Vice President for Political Affairs. “Amid global conflict, an escalating climate crisis, and the ongoing pandemic, it is more important than ever that these agencies get the full funding as proposed in President Biden’s budget to keep our families and communities safe.”