Plugged In: Local Governments And The IRA
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🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
We discuss the biggests challenges for local governments when it comes to using IRA funding. Later we talk to Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning. We discuss the funding the Bureau received from the IRA and what it's covering.
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| 0:00.0 | It's been one year since President Biden signed the country's biggest climate legislation |
| 0:12.4 | into law. |
| 0:13.6 | And if you ask him, it's been a major success. |
| 0:15.8 | We've seen progress across the country remain to South Carolina and Minnesota and Mexico. |
| 0:21.0 | The Vice President and I in the cabinet have seen progress across the country. |
| 0:24.6 | That's just that I was in Wisconsin at a company that makes clean energy equipment, including |
| 0:30.1 | wind turbines. |
| 0:32.1 | Because the inflation reduction act, they expect their market that American made wind turbine |
| 0:36.0 | generators to double next year. |
| 0:40.2 | That was President Biden speaking at a White House event celebrating the one year anniversary |
| 0:44.2 | of the Inflation Reduction Act. |
| 0:46.4 | But what has the IRA actually accomplished? |
| 0:48.6 | Well, that depends on where you are. |
| 0:51.2 | Now the law provides billions of dollars for the U.S. to transition away from fossil fuels. |
| 0:56.4 | It's up to local government to allow the big renewable energy development needed to meet |
| 1:00.6 | the country's net zero emissions goal. |
| 1:03.1 | This is the latest installment in our series, Plugged In, how the IRA is changing America. |
| 1:09.5 | After the break, we take a closer look at whether local governments are making or breaking |
| 1:13.8 | the President's promises on cutting carbon emissions. |
| 1:16.8 | And later on, we hear from the woman in charge of our public lands, Bureau of Land Management |
| 1:21.4 | Director Tracy Stone Manning. |
| 1:23.8 | The inflation reduction acts at millions of dollars to the Department of the Interior's |
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