Climate, Energy ‘Singles,’ Not Home Runs, Seen in New Landscape

Climate and energy legislation with bipartisan backing still has the best shot at passage given a narrowly divided Congress: clean-energy tax incentives; funding of low-carbon technologies; and new incentives for tree planting, agriculture, and other “natural” solutions.

Advocates for climate change action—as well as conservative climate and energy groups—note that Democrats’ control of the House was trimmed in November’s elections, giving them little margin for error on the House floor. While Democrats will now control the Senate with victories of both Democrats in Tuesday’s Georgia runoffs, they will hold a narrow majority that many groups say will still make broad ...