The bill, ushered through Congress by Republican leadership and signed by Trump Friday, includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, slashes spending on Medicaid, and creates temporary tax deductions for overtime and tipped income. It includes $170 billion for immigrant detention and for new personnel for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Days after the passage of a sprawling domestic policy bill, the Trump administration announced moves that could further hamstring renewable energy.

The “Big Beautiful Bill” threatens to derail the clean energy transition, slash grid capacity and raise energy costs.

President Trump’s efforts to freeze climate spending have sparked warnings of rippling consequences in years ahead. For many climate scientists, the consequences are already here.