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John,

The Democratic-controlled House and Senate have passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the most significant investment in climate and energy spending in decades — totaling $369 billion over ten years. I’m more hopeful and optimistic than I’ve been in years about our ability to address the climate crisis — but not for the reasons you might think.

The IRA is a deeply flawed piece of legislation that paired with incentives for renewable energy and money for environmental justice communities, will open up more fossil fuel leases, sacrifice communities to extraction, give billions towards carbon capture schemes favored by Big Oil, and fails to mandate emissions reductions. To be blunt — it won’t meaningfully help us avert the climate crisis.

Still, I’m optimistic about its passage because of what it says about the growing power of the climate movement. The entire reason congress has been talking about climate change and President Biden staked his presidency on passing a climate bill, is because of the work that you and many others across the country have done to demand change. It in many ways validates our organizing strategy — people coming together and building power can compel action from our elected officials.

The passage of the IRA isn’t the end of our fight. We need to do more to get a bill passed that takes on the fossil fuel industry. And, we need to continue to engage even more people, build stronger and more diverse coalitions, and turn out even more climate voters.

We have a chance to do this in November — to not only keep a Democratic congress but expand it. Join us today in electing climate champions and imagine what we can do together to address the climate crisis.

With you, Food & Water Action will keep pushing for stronger measures to secure a livable future and protect our planet because the only way to truly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and halt planet warming is to end fossil fuels.

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Onward together,

Wenonah Hauter
Founder and Executive Director
Food & Water Action

P.S. Learn more about why the IRA falls short of addressing the climate crisis.
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And why the reduction in emissions doesn’t add up.
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