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Infrastructure Bill Has Big Wins for Oil, Climate Advocates Say

While the new bill includes big wins on some priorities, it also contains provisions to prop up fossil fuels.

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Biden has called for half of all vehicles sold in the U.S. to be capable of emissions-free driving by the end of the decade, an ambitious goal that automakers say can only be achieved with bigger government investment in charging stations and other infrastructure.Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

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By Leslie Kaufman

August 6, 2021 at 7:00 AM EDT

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When negotiators released the more-than-2,700-page text of the infrastructure bill now inching its way forward in the Senate this week, they discussed it as a glass half full — the first, imperfect step toward greening U.S. energy and industry.

To many looking at it from outside the government, however, what’s in that glass has been polluted.

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