Fact Sheet: What’s at Stake

The climate investments in the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) deliver significant value for American families, reducing our monthly energy bills and protecting us from energy volatility and inflation. These investments also improve health outcomes and create good-paying jobs, the majority of which cannot be automated or offshored. Indeed, it is precisely by delivering kitchen table benefits to all Americans—and particularly to those that need it the most— that this climate package enables us to make essential progress on our climate goals. Said simply, 42 percent of U.S. energy-related emissions come from our homes and the machines we use every day: the cars we drive, how we heat and cool our homes, how we heat our water, dry our clothes, and cook our meals. We stand no chance of staying inside of 1.5°C warming unless we electrify our lives.

We are at a pivotal moment where we have the opportunity to push forward legislation that will save households billions of dollars in energy bills, while building out the climate-safe future we need. This brief highlights key public-facing climate policies and their benefits to provide a sense of the catalytic power this legislation will have. Billions of dollars saved, millions of lives improved, no time to waste.