Joe Biden’s signature legislation passes the Senate, at last
The Inflation Reduction Act is weakened by big compromises, but is still a big deal
“This has been decades in the making, and it will reshape the decades ahead.” That is how Fred Krupp, a longtime champion of congressional action on climate change as head of the Environmental Defence Fund, a green group, describes the Inflation Reduction Act (ira). Mr Krupp and his fellow advocates have watched every bold American climate proposal of the past few decades flop. Now they have real grounds for optimism.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “And now for my next act”
United States August 13th 2022
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