{"id":11959,"date":"2022-08-09T15:28:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/09\/this-act-is-the-biggest-step-against-climate-change-the-us-has-ever-taken\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T15:28:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:28:59","slug":"this-act-is-the-biggest-step-against-climate-change-the-us-has-ever-taken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/09\/this-act-is-the-biggest-step-against-climate-change-the-us-has-ever-taken\/","title":{"rendered":"This act is the biggest step against climate change the US has ever taken"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/8\/23296657\/inflation-reduction-act-us-global-climate-change-goals-senate-passes-bill<\/a>
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The US is tantalizingly close to passing landmark legislation that would push the <\/strong>country closer than ever toward national and global climate <\/strong>goals. Yesterday, the Senate narrowly passed a budget reconciliation bill after months of stalled negotiations that watered down some climate provisions and then nearly fell through completely. After that roller-coaster ride, we\u2019re left with the Inflation Reduction Act<\/a>, which invests $369 billion<\/a> in clean energy and climate action.<\/p>\n

If the House passes the bill and Biden signs it into law \u2014 which they\u2019re expected to do \u2014 it\u2019ll be the most the US has ever spent in one go to tackle the climate crisis that\u2019s driving<\/a> devastating heatwaves, megafires, and hurricane seasons. While this latest iteration of the climate and energy bill is far from perfect, it would go a long way toward healing the damage humans have inflicted on ourselves.<\/p>\n

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