The late addition of oil and gas initiatives to the Inflation Reduction Act helped Democrats pass the sweeping legislation, but advocates for people of color and low-income communities fear the compromise will harm those groups.
, a non-profit pursuing initiatives and technology to create a green economy. The rebate aspect is a improvement over tax credits offered in the past, which required the buyer to have a significant tax bill and wait many months to get the money back.
U.S. Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán, D-California, whose bills on ports and climate justice were incorporated into the IRA, said the legislation will provide"We are long overdue for climate and clean energy investments. What it means for low-income communities, communities of color is that it's going to help reduce air pollution, it's going to improve public health and it will lower energy costs," she said.
A long-term Southwestern drought, fueled by climate change, is evident in this photo that show the"bathtub ring," evidence of falling water levels, at New Mexico's Elephant Butte Reservoir in mid-August. The climate change provisions of the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act is designed to counter environmental damage.Beyond the concessions made to secure Manchin's vote, critics say the law doesn't go far enough to help frontline communities.
Another element drawing concern is a provision for tax credits for carbon capture and storage. The technology separates carbon dioxide, a major contributor to warming temperatures, from industrial processes before the gas gets into the atmosphere. It's then stored in underground geologic formations. "Those provisions are extremely stressful to tribal communities and affect native people's health," he said.Congressional Republicans voted against the IRA, with conservatives saying its favoring of renewable energy over oil and gas will raise fuel prices and discourage business investment, hurting the same lower-income groups the act's supporters say they are trying to help.
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