The U.S. House passed Democrats' massive infrastructure bill containing at least $70 billion in clean energy investments as well as clean energy tax credit extenders and provisions to curb emissions.

In a 233-188 July 1 vote largely along party lines, House lawmakers passed the $1.5 trillion Moving Forward Act, an infrastructure package that includes a five-year extension for the wind production tax credit, six-year extension of the solar investment tax credit, and two-year extension of the 45Q tax credit for carbon capture projects.

In addition to nearly $500 billion worth of investments in highways, bridges and transit systems, the bill seeks to promote renewable energy infrastructure, develop an electric vehicle charging network, boost energy efficiency, and "transform our electric grid," according to a release from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

The bill would extend a fee paid by coal mine operators that funds the Abandoned Mine Land trust fund and create a federal program to plug and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells on federal land. It also contains several provisions to limit greenhouse gas emissions from surface transportation and alleviate congestion.

The infrastructure bill "makes a strong down payment in a clean energy future and solving the climate crisis, as we create millions of good-paying jobs and rebuild our highways, bridges, transit, rail, airports, ports and harbors to improve safety, reduce gridlock and put America on a path to zero pollution," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement following the House vote.

The package's passage through the Democrat-led chamber comes just days after House Democrats unveiled hundreds of policy recommendations to combat the climate crisis. However, Republicans chided Democrats for what they deemed to be a partisan bill, which is unlikely to garner much support from the Senate's Republican majority in its current form. The White House also issued a June 29 statement warning that that bill would likely be vetoed should it reach President Donald Trump's desk.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., has repeatedly condemned the Democrats' infrastructure bill, pointing instead to the Senate's bipartisan highway infrastructure legislation that his committee unanimously passed in July 2019. Speaking during a July 1 committee hearing, Barrasso said House Democrats "wrote a completely partisan bill" that "stands in sharp contrast to our own."

"The time for Congress to pass meaningful, bipartisan infrastructure legislation is now," Barrasso said. "The House Democrats' partisan bill is the road to nowhere."

Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, noted that there is "more work to be done to get a bipartisan package to the president's desk." In a statement, she welcomed the bill's solar provisions and acknowledged the tens of thousands of jobs the renewable energy industry can provide to aid in the nation's economic recovery.