How new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding is spent could lower greenhouse gas emissions—but also boost them, Georgetown University researchers say.
In an analysis of the just enacted infrastructure package, the Georgetown Climate Center, part of the Washington, D.C., school's Law Center, assessed possible effects of the $599-billion chunk of the law's total $1-trillion that is estimated to be allocated for surface transportation. Researchers contend that the selection of projects to be funded has the potential to either hasten an expected decline in GHG emissions or slow efforts to cut them.