US bill aims to target largest polluters

摘要

US lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require the largest emitters doing business in the US to pay $500 billion over the next 10 years to support the energy transition. The legislation sponsored by Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland would put the money in the Polluters Pay Climate Fund to be used to build new infrastructure, support communities affected by climate change and back renewable energy development efforts. The reasoning is that those contributing to climate change should financially contribute to addressing the environmental damage.Our idea is simple: those who pollute should pay to help clean up the mess they caused - and those who polluted the most should pay the most," Van Hollen said. "This bill will ensure the costs of climate change are no longer borne solely by the American people, and instead require big corporate polluters to pay part of the clean-up bill."