Prospect executive editor David Dayen discusses the biggest climate bill in American history.
Inflation Reduction Act
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Long Road to Mass EV Adoption
A new tax credit of $4,000 for used electric vehicles could give people a boost toward buying a zero-emissions car. But there are still a lot of hurdles.
Posted inTAP
Announcing the McConnell-McCarthy League of Patriotic Seniors!
Today on TAP: You can *oppose the socialist IRA* by paying MORE than its Malicious Marxist cap on insulin and other co-pays!
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Collapsing Clean-Energy Transition
Mixing up renewable energy project siting with fossil fuels production on public lands is environmental backsliding of the finest kind.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Corn Ethanol Investors Poised to Profit From Inflation Reduction Act
The ethanol industry will be first in line for carbon capture tax credits, even though that’s not really who the program was designed for.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Stock Buyback Tax Isn’t a Great Idea
It essentially cuts the government in on the buyback scam, making it harder to actually eliminate the practice.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Winners and Losers on Tax Policy
The big winner in the eleventh-hour concessions to Kyrsten Sinema was the private equity industry.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Permitting Reform Bill Flips Leverage to Progressives
A side deal with Joe Manchin attempts to approve a pipeline in his backyard and speed through permitting rules. Progressives should make their own conditions.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
On Health Care, the Filibuster Means We Get Medicare for All or Nothing
Time to ditch this nonsensical fake tradition.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
How the Inflation Reduction Act Attacks Diesel Pollution
It’s a starting point to deal with an issue that disproportionately impacts marginalized communities.