What BBB means for climate policy

Explain It to Me

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4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Weeds co-hosts Jerusalem Demsas and Dara Lind talk with Robinson Meyer (@yayitsrob), staff writer at the Atlantic, about the climate provisions in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill. They discuss specific climate-focused policy proposals and the political stalemate Congress is in, thanks to the filibuster in the Senate. Plus, a white paper about building codes and wildfires in California. References: Robinson Meyer on the climate gamble going on in Congress Weeds alum Matt Yglesias on the Build Back Better Bill Vox’s Rebecca Leber on why Joe Manchin may have doomed climate policy A 2016 piece from Vox’s Dylan Matthews about money in politics “Progressive leader calls on Biden to unilaterally act on agenda,” The Hill “Manchin's $1.8 trillion spending offer appears no longer to be on the table,” The Washington Post “Noisy and Unsafe: Stop Fetishizing Old Homes,” The Atlantic Hosts: Jerusalem Demsas (@jerusalemdemsas), policy reporter, Vox Dara Lind (@dlind) immigration reporter and Weeds host, Vox Credits: Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer Libby Nelson, editorial adviser Amber Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weedsletter Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:34.7	I'm Jerusalem Demsys, Paulus Yearporter here at Vox. And today I'm joined by our favorite
1:39.3	Darland. Hello. And one of my favorite climate reporters, the Atlantic's Robinson Meyer.
1:45.6	Hey, thanks for having me. I asked Rob to come on the show to talk about the climate
1:50.3	provisions and build back better because it feels like in all the political back and
1:54.1	forth over the bill with mansion and the White House firing statements back and forth.
1:59.2	I've sort of lost the plot on the substance before trying to do so. And so I wanted to
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