The big climate bill has an EV problem

+ making it easier to become a teacher could backfire US Edition - Today's top story: The climate bill could short-circuit EV tax credits, making qualifying for them nearly impossible [View in browser]( US Edition | 8 August 2022 [The Conversation]( The U.S. Senate on Sunday passed its largest climate and clean energy spending bill ever, including $370 billion in incentives to ramp up renewable energy, increase energy efficiency in homes, and expand electric vehicle use and other energy technologies. The bill, now headed to the House, would also extend the Affordable Care Act and lower drug prices. If every climate-related part of the bill comes to fruition, it could cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. But as environmental studies professor Jay Horton explains, one requirement in the bill could make [a crucial incentive almost impossible to use – tax breaks for buying electric vehicles](. 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