President Obama has said the stimulus package will move America toward a greener future. The package will pump billions of dollars into environmentally friendly programs, but it won’t forge the major changes necessary to fight climate change and wean the U.S. from imported oil. And some provisions could make it harder to reach those goals.
The top priority of a stimulus package is to spend the money quickly to give the economy a jolt. That means pouring money into existing programs and approved projects, which ends up favoring the status quo.
Arguably, the part of the package that is least friendly to the environment is the $29 billion or so Congress wants to give states and local governments to spend on highway projects.
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