What the Massive Climate Change Bill Could Mean for You and the Planet

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🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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After decades of attempts to enact climate change legislation, the Senate passed a massive bill this weekend. The Inflation Reduction Act directs nearly $370 billion dollars in new spending to slash carbon emissions in the next eight years by giving Americans more access to clean energy. Robinson Meyer, staff writer at The Atlantic, will join us to break down what’s in the largest federal clean energy investment in U.S. history and what you need to know. Guests: Robinson Meyer, staff writer, The Atlantic; author, The Weekly Planet newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:23.8	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:28.3	You have probably heard that the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act.
1:36.4	Despite the name, this is the most important and possibly only climate legislation likely to be made law in this crucial decade.
1:38.6	So we're going to bring you something different today.
1:43.1	The Atlantic Robinson-Meyer has been tracking every provision in the bill, and we're going to walk through the climate parts of the Inflation Reduction Act.
1:48.2	What made it into the final text?
1:50.2	Will these strategies work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
1:53.7	And what else will it change along the way?
1:56.2	That's all coming up next after this news.
2:12.8	Music coming up next after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. The Inflation Reduction Act somehow, some way, made it through the
2:19.6	Senate, garnering the support it needed from every single Democrat. As we stare down the effects of global
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