The House isn’t scheduled to begin work on the lion’s share of fiscal 2025 spending on energy and the environment until July, but the chamber’s initial appropriations bills are already targeting Biden’s climate agenda, drawing rebukes from Democrats and environmental groups.
The bills’ policy riders would limit the administration’s actions to address greenhouse gas emissions and the effects of climate change. The House on June 5 passed the fiscal 2025 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs spending bill by a vote of 209-197 that would block spending any of its funds on seven different executive orders on the climate.
Democrats accused Republicans of failing to provide sufficient funding to help ensure that Defense Department facilities are protected from the effects of extreme weather made worse by climate change. In its 2021 Climate Risk Analysis, the department concluded roughly 1,700 of more than 5,000 military installations worldwide may be vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
