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Accelerating the Energy Transition: The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act

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The Inflation Reduction Act and the Politics of Climate Change

I think there's a notion that the Republicans, none of whom voted for this bill, don't want to do anything on climate. I think it's harder to figure out the Democratic side is all I'm saying. It's not clear that everyone on the Democratic side in the Senate is Gung Ho for doing everything on climate. So I think there are gradations. The bill reflects this sort of mix. This bill is a 10-year bill, but Congress can do a reconciliation bill every single year, if it wants to. And so these provisions can be adjusted as we go forward.

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