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Aug 16 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Biden will sign the #InflationReductionAct into law a bit later today.

Some of @gridnews coverage of the bill and what it means:

First, @MaggieSeverns and I looked at some of the consumer rebates and tax incentives related to energy and health care:

grid.news/story/politics…
Also, @evolambert and @MaggieSeverns looked at what's in the bill specifically to bring prescription drug prices down: grid.news/story/politics…

Then @evolambert also wrote about how the cap on insulin for those under private insurance is NOT in there:

grid.news/story/politics…
It's not *in* the bill, but I also looked into what passing huge domestic climate legislation would mean for international climate negotiations:

grid.news/story/climate/…
And one bonus: here's the other trick the Senate could pull this year to help shave half a degree of warming off the total. If it were so inclined.

grid.news/story/climate/…

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