Tax Credits for Clean Energy

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i asked stokes to unpack this because it's one of those wonkey policy detail s that actually matters a lot. Nator joe manshion insisted that lawmakers cut that programme from the bill before he'd even consider it. The package that we have here is really transformative, and it goes for like ten years. I don't think if we didn't sort of have the sacrificial lamb of the clean electricity performance programe, if some of our enemies had more time to focus on attacking things, they probably would have gone after these tax credits. So so she's calling these tax credits a big win. But that sounds like the kind of development that climate activists might dismiss as

The first of two concluding episodes in Season 5, in which we focus on solutions. In Part 10 of The Repair, we look at the actions and policies that people need to push for —now — to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

Reported by Amy Westervelt. Script editor, Cheryl Devall. Production and mix by John Biewen. Interviews with Kate Marvel, Ken Caldeira, Julian Brave Noisecat, Kate Aronoff, Naomi Klein, Julia Steinberger, Leah Stokes, Heidi Marmon, Tamara Toles O’Laughlin, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Tara Houska, and Max Berger. Music in this episode by Lili Haydn, Kim Caroll, Chris Westlake, Lesley Barber, Cora Miron, goodnight Lucas, and Maetar. Music consulting by Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.