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What’s In The Build Back Better Bill

What’s In The Build Back Better Bill

When it comes to our future, climate scientists paint vastly different projections than politicians. (Think: extreme weather events, toxic air, entire nations under water, and major humanitarian conflicts over food and water.)

Politicians paint much rosier pictures: electric vehicles, new industries, and better jobs, all made possible by investments into clean energy.

President Joe Biden’s signature bill – the Build Back Better Framework – is a monstrosity of legislation with ambitious emissions goals. And while it passed in the House of Representatives in late 2021, the framework is currently collecting dust in the Senate. What’s worse? The US isn’t the only country not pulling its weight with regard to passing emissions legislation. According to independent trackers, every single country on the planet must do more.

On today’s show we are discussing the state of emissions legislation around the globe. Why isn’t anything getting done, and what can we do about it?

 

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[3:00] What’s in Biden’s Big Back Better bill: the lowdown on its proposed emissions legislation

[10:15] An international look: what countries around the world are doing/not doing with regard to climate legislation

[18:30] 10 lesser-known ways in which climate change is affecting every corner of the globe right this second

 

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