Highs And Lows of the Climate Bill
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🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Hot Take’s Mary Annaïse Heglar joins us to talk about the Senate passing the Inflation Reduction Act on Sunday. It now heads to the House this week where it’s expected to pass. One of the main pieces of the legislation addresses the climate crisis, but the bill ultimately falls short of many activists’ demands.
And in headlines: Indiana’s banned nearly all abortions, President Biden is now negative for COVID, and Lake Mead revealed another set of human skeletal remains.
Show Notes:
- NPR: “Democrats passed a major climate, health and tax bill. Here's what's in it” – https://n.pr/3zCXpmn
- Crooked’s “Hot Take” – https://crooked.com/podcast-series/hot-take/
- Vote Save America: Fuck Bans Action Plan – https://votesaveamerica.com/roe/
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, August 8th, I'm Josie Duffy-Rice. |
| 0:08.6 | And I'm Mariana Yees-Hegler. |
| 0:10.2 | And this is What A Day, where we're looking in word to understand why Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson's breakup made us sad. |
| 0:16.2 | Honestly, the only thing about it that makes me sad is that it's news. |
| 0:19.3 | Fair. Honestly, very fair. |
| 0:22.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:31.2 | So first off, let's give a big What A Day Welcome to the co-host of Hot Take, Mariana Yees-Hegler. |
| 0:37.4 | You'll be joining the Wattscrod for a couple of days, and it is so amazing and exciting to have you with us. |
| 0:42.3 | Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited. |
| 0:44.4 | Of course. |
| 0:45.1 | On today's show, a jury ordered Alex Jones to pay more than $45 million to the family of a Sandy Hook shooting victim. |
| 0:52.3 | Plus, the Senate passed the Massive Inflation Reduction Act. |
| 0:56.0 | Yesterday, I've got some things to say about that, and we'll get to that later. |
| 1:00.6 | Yeah, I'm really excited to hear. |
| 1:02.9 | But first, let's talk about the current state of climate before we get to the bill. |
| 1:07.3 | Because it's been very deadly around the world, which is obviously not unusual at this point. |
| 1:12.5 | Even looking at what's happened just in the US over the last handful of days, really illustrates how important this issue is right now. |
| 1:17.8 | I mean, it's critical. |
| 1:19.0 | Yeah. It's crucial. It is life or death. |
| 1:20.9 | It's essential. It's essential. |
| 1:22.6 | And people and wildlife are at stake, right? |
| 1:25.3 | Definitely. |
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