Without a doubt, the most important priority for climate activists now is to preserve climate funding in the budget reconciliation bill.

We’ve got our work cut out for us, but there’s hope.

House Republicans have unveiled their “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill to make President Trump’s dreams come true—and while it’s certainly big, it’s the furthest thing from beautiful.

The proposed $1.5 trillion in cuts would take a sledgehammer to provisions and policies that protect the American people and our climate, with the crux of the savings coming from steep cuts to Medicaid, the Inflation Reduction Act, and other environmental funds and programs.

And while key House Republicans have claimed these cuts will reduce wasteful spending and improve the lives of middle-class families, they’ve done a pretty poor job of hiding their primary goal: financing trillions in tax breaks for the rich and enriching the fossil fuel industry at the public’s expense

Here’s what’s on the chopping block:

• $560 billion in Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, including the $7,500 EV tax credit for consumers, clean electricity investment and production credits, credits for energy efficiency upgrades, and more. The proposed cuts won’t just harm the U.S. auto and solar industries, but raise energy costs and disincentivize consumers from making climate-friendly improvements in their own lives.

• Billions of dollars in air pollution and emissions reduction programs. The bill proposes repealing tailpipe emissions standards, getting rid of programs that target air pollution in schools and disadvantaged communities, and eliminating funding for the Methane Emissions Reduction Program.

• Billions in Department of Energy and EPA loan programs. This includes funding from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, more commonly known as the “green bank”, and unobligated funds from the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office.

If these cuts aren’t devastating enough, the bill also includes provisions that would ultimately expedite permitting for oil and gas pipelines and ensure approvals for LNG projects.

It’s about as bad as it sounds, but there’s still hope — the Republican Party isn’t a unified front.

Over a dozen House Republicans have already indicated their refusal to support the $715 billion in cuts to Medicaid, which would leave more than 8 million Americans who depend on the program without health care. Even the proposed cuts to clean energy tax credits have drawn pushback from Senate Republicans, with those who previously spoke in favor of protecting them working to prevent a complete repeal.

Now is the time to do everything we can to oppose these harmful provisions and fight for the policies that launched the U.S. clean energy revolution!