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Climate Organizer Shares How Inflation Reduction Act Addresses Environmental Justice
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Climate Organizer Shares How Inflation Reduction Act Addresses Environmental Justice

A climate organizer in the Southwest discusses how low-income and environmental justice communities benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Building an Economy for All, Environmental and Climate Justice, Inflation Reduction Act

Yaraneth Marin, southwest regional director for Vote Solar
Phoenix, Arizona

Although lower-income communities face higher energy burdens, they are also disproportionately harmed by climate change. For Arizona native and community organizer Yara Marin, the Inflation Reduction Act represents a historic opportunity to advance energy equity while addressing climate concerns.

Yaraneth Marin

Yaraneth Marin pictured in May 2022. (Photo credit: Sergio Galvan)

Growing up in South Central Phoenix, I never saw solar panels in my neighborhood, so I never got excited about it. The Inflation Reduction Act investments in expanding solar energy drive down energy costs for families while reducing barriers to solar and other zero-emission technologies in historically low-income and environmental justice communities, creating thousands of new jobs for our people. This is a major economic opportunity for our country, and we are already seeing the benefits. Yaraneth Marin

Access to clean energy technology is often inaccessible for working-class American families. The Inflation Reduction Act acknowledges this inequity and takes action to make the clean energy future a more inclusive one.

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