When President Joe Biden announced his signature bill, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), it was touted as making “the single largest investment in climate and energy in American history.” But a new report, released on the eve of the COP28 United Nations’ climate meeting in Dubai, analyzes emissions under the IRA and finds that it is worsening climate change and exacerbating environmental injustice.
Lorne Stockman, research co-director at Oil Change International, and one of the report’s authors, spoke with YES! Racial Justice Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about what he found and what his hopes are for COP28.
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