For all of us who care about climate change, who have been supporting UCS, or doing your own work for the planet-congratulations. It’s also our job to recognize when we’ve made a difference in this long struggle for a livable future. So, it’s our job to keep fighting for these, and for an equitable transition to clean energy that will benefit everyone. In the process of getting this legislation passed, a lot of good and helpful measures were left out. We’re still giving away too much to Big Oil, at the expense of poor and BIPOC communities. The bill doesn’t go far enough to address the ways in which oil and gas companies are burdening low-income communities and communities of color with increased exposure to pollution. And it gives us a firm basis to fight for more in the months and years to come,” end quote.īut just because this bill will be law soon… we are not done. Rachel Cleetus, sums this up in a recent blog post, saying, quote, “The overall bill is a big win for climate, jobs, and justice.
So even though it feels like it took way too much work to convince our representatives that they should act on a crisis… even though there were disappointing and dangerous oil and gas giveaways written into the bill for political reasons… even though it’s long overdue and we still need so much more… my colleagues and I, and many others working in this space, are relieved… to say the least. And all of this gives us a fighting chance of avoiding devastating levels of warming. The Inflation Reduction Act will encourage US states and other countries to enact similar legislation and policies. manufacturing jobs, and enable farmers to be part of the climate solution through funding sustainable agriculture initiatives. It will save people money on gas and electricity bills, create hundreds of thousands of U.S. This law will help put cleaner vehicles on our roads, reduce industrial pollution, and make energy use in homes and buildings cleaner and more energy-efficient.
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Its power lies in its sheer scope-in the many ways it accelerates the transition to clean energy across our economy, from increasing the amount of renewable energy we generate, to expanding access to it, to jobs and manufacturing… plus beginning to reckon with how best to cope with present and pending climate impacts.
The Inflation Reduction Act could help reduce heat-trapping emissions by roughly 40 percent by 2030. It’s the biggest investment in combatting climate change in US history. The Inflation Reduction Act, which just passed the US Senate and House, and will be signed into law by President Biden soon, is a big big deal. There was flooding in Eastern Kentucky that killed almost 40 people, and wildfires raging from Alaska to Arizona.īut I said there was good news, and there is. If we look at just the past few months in the US alone, we’ve had record-breaking extreme heat and drought, even here in New England. At stake is no less than a livable future-and, increasingly, a livable planet. Spoiler: For the first time in a while, it’s really good news!įor years, it’s been darn near impossible to get meaningful legislation passed to address climate change and its harms. Before I start the show as usual, I have the podcast equivalent of a breaking news update. Colleen: Welcome to Got Science? I’m your host, Colleen MacDonald.
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