IRA

"The Trump administration has been working hard to effectively repeal the Inflation Reduction Act and destroy the Biden administration’s historic investments in clean energy, infrastructure, and manufacturing. After initially attempting to freeze the funding from Joe Biden’s 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, President Donald Trump is now taking credit for the projects it funded, while also pushing a top-down approach to artificial intelligence infrastructure. New Data for Progress polling assesses how voters view the government’s role in shaping the U.S. economy and growing key industries, as well as how they would feel about new developments in their local community. The survey finds broad public support for the government to take a more active role in supporting new economic development. A strong majority of voters (71%) believe the federal government should take a more active role in shaping the U.S. economy, and 82% of voters view investment in new technologies or industries as a priority for the federal government. While voters generally express high support for new industrial development, only 51% say they would be enthusiastic about a new construction project in their community."

A toolkit for advocates and implementers on advancing neighborhood-scale building decarbonization strategies that shift the unit of building decarbonization from the building to the block, from the individual to the community.

Guidance on countering misinformation about wind and solar farms

A poll of voters in August exploring Americans’ concerns about the cost of energy, their energy priorities, and their views on different energy types, growing energy demand, and the energy provisions in the OBBBA.

This report primarily focuses on the ETM discourse that concerns mining, rather than demand reduction or other sources of materials, like recycling and reuse.

Harmony Labs and partners set out to map Energy Transition Materials (ETM) narratives, in 9 nations and 3 domains, and experiment with communications that build support for a just energy transition.

States like Vermont, New York, and Michigan are leading in climate action with renewable energy targets and pollution regulations. A national survey shows that 36% of voters believe Democrats are more active on energy and environmental issues, with responses varying by partisanship.

A new poll from Data for Progress explores voter attitudes toward nuclear and geothermal, particularly in the context of local deployment and decarbonization.

From July 25 to 26, 2025, Data for Progress conducted a national survey of 1,209 likely U.S. voters using an online panel. This study explored sentiments bipartisan voter attitudes towards local energy development.

This summary focuses on key changes made to the Inflation Reduction Act by the OBBBA, with a focus on changes to tax credits, loans, and grants that were creating good jobs, addressing climate change, and building more resilient communities. Like the Inflation Reduction Act, the OBBBA is expansive and includes tax policy and health care provisions that—while significant—fall outside of the scope of this resource.