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What Next: Is This Climate Bill Worth the Wait?
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Released:
Aug 10, 2022
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After decades of dragging their feet on action to slow climate change, the Senate passed what is modeled to be the most impactful climate policy yet. What’s in the Inflation Reduction Act, and how did Democrats finally get the mercurial Joe Manchin on board?
Guest: Robinson Meyer, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the newsletter The Weekly Planet.
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Guest: Robinson Meyer, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the newsletter The Weekly Planet.
If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work.
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Released:
Aug 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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