Mayor Wu, Senator Markey celebrate passing of landmark climate bill
BOSTON - Mayor Michelle Wu and Senator Ed Markey celebrated the passing of a landmark climate bill in the Senate.
The $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act makes the single biggest investment in clean energy in the United States and aims to lower some health care and prescription costs.
Mayor Wu says she is confident the city of Boston will help pave the way in encouraging other cities to become new deal cities.
"June of 2022 was the hottest that we have seen, first time we have reached 100 degrees in Boston in 70 years," Wu said. "Today we are still in a heat emergency as we see the many impacts of climate change continue to intensify, and so this couldn't have come at a better time for us."
Republicans say this bill will not fight inflation. The measure now heads to the House where it is expected to pass before landing on the president's desk.
