Hey there, it's Stephen Dupner. President Biden recently signed into law the Inflation Reduction

Act. As you may have heard, it wasn't just about inflation.

The Inflation Reduction Act invests $369 billion to take the most aggressive action ever,

ever, ever in confronting the climate crisis.

Scientists at the Climate Action Tracker say this new law could slash US carbon dioxide

emissions by 40% by 2030.

Last year, we put out an episode about a related environmental issue, one that suggests a

different way of talking about climate change.

We have decided to revisit that episode today.

We have updated facts and figures we're necessary.

It's called, This is Your Brain on Pollution.

It's worse than cigarette smoking. It's worse than wars. It's worse than auto accidents.

Wow, what's worse than wars and car crashes and smoking? Here, I'll give you a hint.

Imagine you were getting ready to leave your house for work or school, maybe to go for a run.

There is some standard information that most of us seek out before leaving home.

There's this.

We've got partly sunny skies, it's 85, south winds at 14.

And there's this.

Got multiple accidents, installed vehicles causing major delays.

It makes sense to check the weather and traffic before leaving home, but there's information

we don't usually check that could be just as important, if not more so.

What if this is what you heard in the morning?

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