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News Articles: Inflation Reduction Act

The first nacelles onboard a sea energy "jack-up ship," ready for lifting into place on the Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm, off Whitstable, Kent, England.

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  • Climate

California offshore wind promises a new gold rush while slashing emissions

A federal offshore wind lease auction in December off California's coast promises to kickstart a work boom on the state's northern and central coasts.

December 30, 2022
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By:
  • John Upton - Climate Central and
  • Kevin Stark / KQED
man gets shot

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  • Health

Enrollment in federal marketplace insurance is up nearly 30% in Georgia

The latest deadline to sign-up during the current open enrollment period is Jan. 15.

December 13, 2022
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Louana Joseph and her daughter, Marlie, outside their former apartment complex in southwestern Atlanta. Joseph moved out of the unit because she suspects the gray and brown splotches that were spreading through the apartment were mold. After rents soared during the pandemic, some families were forced to live in substandard housing, which increased their risk for health problems such a s asthma and lead poisoning.

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  • News

Her apartment might have put her son’s health at risk. But ‘I have nowhere else to go’

A nationwide affordable housing crisis has wreaked havoc on the lives of low-income families, like Louana Joseph’s in Atlanta, who are close to the brink. Their struggle to stay a step ahead of homelessness is often invisible.

December 01, 2022
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By:
  • Renuka Rayasam and
  • Fred Clasen-Kelly
President Biden speaks during an event Tuesday celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act on the South Lawn of the White House. The new law gives Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices.

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  • Health

Legal fights and loopholes could blunt Medicare's new power to control drug prices

The Inflation Reduction Act gives Medicare historic new powers to limit prescription drug prices. But the pharmaceutical industry is already lobbying to dull their impact.

September 15, 2022
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By:
  • Leslie Walker and
  • Dan Gorenstein
Chris Carnevale of SACE; Chatham County Commissioner Aaron “Adot Whitely; AJ Jeanty of Creative Solar; and Savannah Alderman Nick Palumbo

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  • News

Savannah-area officials plan to use climate incentives in Inflation Reduction Act

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act doesn’t have “climate” in its name but it’s expected to bring an estimated $180 million of investment in large-scale clean power generation and storage to Georgia by 2030 and add almost 110,000 clean energy jobs in the state.

September 06, 2022
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By:
  • Mary Landers
Congresswoman Nikema Williams and Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a roundtable conversation with leaders from Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood September 1, 2022.

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  • News

Federal funds offer green solutions for divided Atlanta neighborhoods

After facing decades of environmental harm caused by a highway dividing the neighborhood in the 1950s, residents in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn neighborhood want solutions. Funding from the Inflation Reduction Act could help.

September 02, 2022
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Electric vehicles are displayed at a news conference with White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2021. The Biden administration's climate and health care bill passed by Congress last week revamps a tax credit for buyers of electric cars.

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  • Business

You can get a $7,500 tax credit to buy an electric car, but it's really complicated

The Biden administration's climate and health care bill revamps the available tax credits for buyers of electric cars. Here's what to know about how they work.

August 22, 2022
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By:
  • Arezou Rezvani

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Kemp files to block Fulton subpoena; Biden signs new law; Pence calls for calm

Thursday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp has filed to block the subpoena calling him before the Fulton County special grand jury. Meanwhile, President Biden has signed an expansive law, addressing tax, climate and drug prices. Plus, Mike Pence asks Republicans to stop harsh rhetoric against the FBI.
 

August 18, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
The Internal Revenue Service building is seen in Washington, D.C., on April 5. The IRS got $80 billion in new funding as part of the climate and health care bill passed by Congress on Friday. Most of that money will be used to target wealthier tax evaders.

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  • Economy

The IRS just got $80 billion to beef up. A big goal? Going after rich tax dodgers

The big climate and health care bill passed by the House Friday includes billions in new funding for the IRS over the next decade. Most of that money is aimed at catching wealthy tax cheats.

August 14, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Travis McMichael

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Inflation Reduction Act; McMichaels sentencing; ACLU abortion law challenge

Today on Political Rewind: The three men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery will face a judge again today. Plus, Sen. Raphael Warnock's push to cap insulin at $35 monthly for everyone is blocked by Republicans. Also, the ACLU's challenge to Georgia's six-week abortion ban heads to court today.

August 08, 2022
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By:
  • Donna Lowry and
  • Natalie Mendenhall
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gives the thumbs up as he leaves the Senate Chamber after passage of the Inflation Reduction Act on Sunday.

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  • Politics

Democrats passed a major climate, health and tax bill. Here's what's in it

Senate Democrats spent the weekend advancing what they call a historic piece of legislation, but it's still a much smaller version of what they — and President Biden — originally called for.

August 07, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
President Joe Biden gestures toward reporters as he departs Marine One and walks to the Oval Office on the South Lawn of the White House on July 20.

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  • Politics

President Biden again tests negative for COVID, ends isolation

The president arrived in Rehoboth Beach, Del., where the first family has a home.

August 07, 2022
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Friday that he believes Democrats have the votes needed to pass their Inflation Reduction Act.

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  • Politics

The Senate is moving ahead on Democrats' sweeping health, climate and tax bill

The wide-ranging legislation targets climate change, health care costs and taxes. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer kicked off floor debate on Saturday evening.

August 07, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., said Thursday that she would "move forward" with Senate Democrats' spending bill to tackle climate change, health care and tax reforms.

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  • Politics

Sinema says she will move forward with Senate Democrats' climate, health and tax bill

The Arizona senator said she will move forward with the Inflation Reduction Act after Democrats reached an agreement to remove a carried interest tax provision.

August 05, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that the Senate would vote to move forward on the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats' package that tackles climate change, prescription drugs and inflation, this weekend.

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  • Politics

Senate will take up Democrats' tax, climate and health bill on Saturday, Schumer says

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has repeatedly said Democrats are on track to pass the Inflation Reduction Act in the coming days, but a few roadblocks still stand in the way.

August 04, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram

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