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Explainer: How Does the Inflation Reduction Act Affect Households?

Dori Newman
April 17, 2023
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The Inflation Reduction Act marks a watershed for federal support of renewable infrastructure and for renewables’ accessibility. Economists say its credits can steer $500 billion in tax incentives, grants, and loan guarantees. While the money is being directed towards reducing the country’s carbon footprint, how does this money affect the...
In the nation's Covid epicenter, a well-funded park stokes wellness

New York City's Brooklyn Bridge Park, here on a morning during the Covid shutdown, blends public and private capital to broaden open space access. More neighborhoods need parks like this. 

Policy Memo: The USA's Housing Department Should Inventory - and Slash - Emissions

Jennifer Gottlieb Elazhari
February 20, 2023
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In its $62.7-billion budget, HUD subsidizes 4.5 million units of housing in a portfolio directly owned or controlled through HUD partners. Furthermore, HUD resources are used by private developers through project-based vouchers and HOME funds. HUD has a great deal of power to drive the adoption of higher energy standards...
Agrivoltaic projects, where solar panels create shade and revenue for farmers, suggest one compelling development model.

This photo of Jack's Solar Garden and its agrivoltaic plans comes from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 

Policy Pinpoint: Re-Charge for a Heavy Responsibility

Alec Appelbaum
September 25, 2022
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Now that the Inflation Reduction Act's incentives operate as American law, it will take compromise and conciliation to make the investments that meet those incentives succeed and endure. Let's revisit our metaphors.
Looking for long-term investment flows

(Photo by Kevin Oliver via Flickr Creative Commons.) It was no precipitous proclamation about traffic that reprogrammed New York City's economy. 

Policy Pinpoint: Legislation and the Long Road Before Us

Alec Appelbaum
August 10, 2022
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Many have boiled down the seminal Inflation Reduction Act, and many are burrowing into it. To set boundaries and context beyond the timing of tax credits, consider an analogy to how another blockbuster set of policies altered one of the world's more emissions-intensive cities.

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