Congress has at last responded to the climate crisis -- now the action moves to the states
For state officials, opportunity has been knocking for years. Now it’s banging on their doors.
This is the opportunity to become leaders in the clean energy economy and reap its many benefits — whether it’s building innovative industries around clean technology and sustainable business, launching legions of well-paying jobs, improving air quality and public health or bringing energy cost-savings to businesses and households alike.
Over the last decade, several states have already moved to seize this chance. California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Illinois and others are aggressively building out a clean energy economy through robust anti-pollution goals and clean energy investments that have put them at the forefront of U.S. climate policy. It’s been a vital demonstration of leadership on climate action, especially as the federal government languished for too long. But it has also been smart economic development policy, putting the states in prime position to support new industries and deliver for their residents and businesses.
Now that the federal government has at last joined the party by passing the Inflation Reduction Act, state governments have every incentive to increase their own ambitions and leverage the financial and technical support offered by the historic package.
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