5 Major Benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Climate Investments

The Inflation Reduction Act’s $369 billion in climate investments won’t just tackle climate change; they will save families money, create millions of good jobs, and reduce pollution over the next decade.

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The Inflation Reduction Act—announced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on July 27, 2022—offers the best opportunity yet to address the climate crisis. The legislation makes a historic investment of $369 billion in climate action over the next decade through clean energy deployment, domestic manufacturing, and pollution reduction. Yet these investments add up to more than just the biggest expenditure to tackle climate change in U.S. history; the bill invests in the people and communities that will build and benefit from the clean energy economy, lowering costs, creating millions of new good jobs, and cutting pollution along the way.

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