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Hello and welcome to Care More Be Better. Every week I invite you to care more so that together

we can all learn, grow, and become better. We can change the world together. Today's episode is

being turned around lightning fast because we are covering a topic that is of the moment,

and that is the Inflation Reduction Act that is presently being considered by the United States

Senate. This act, should it pass, includes a $369 billion with a B, billion with a B, in funding

for climate and clean energy provisions. To discuss this bill, its implications,

and ultimately learn about what will happen if it passes, and if it doesn't, I'm joined by Anand Gopal.

Anand is the executive director of strategy and policy of energy innovation, a company that

sits at the intersection of policy and technology. Anand, welcome to the show.

Thank you. Wonderful to be here. Now, this bill has been called the most significant federal

climate and clean energy legislation in U.S. history. I think you, in fact, even stated so in a piece

that you published called Modeling the Inflation Reduction

Act using the energy policy simulator. So I was hoping that you could talk to us about what this

should mean if it passes and why we should be perhaps a little bit excited today. Yeah, thank you.

Yes, we all really should be excited. It's an incredible turn of events even in terms of how this legislation

has unfolded in the last year or so.

Look, the US actually doesn't have a long history of passing strong legislation

federally on climate.

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