Issue: Clean Energy

It’s been over a year since passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). But the work has really just begun! Today, we wanted to provide an update on the latest research, polling, and strategic analysis related to public engagement and organizing around ongoing implementation of the IRA+ (the IRA, plus the other major Biden-era federal initiatives*).
We first wrote about the IRA soon after its passage. Our newsletter in June (“Our opportunity to build durable power through IRA implementation”) has a title that sums up the Lab’s orientation to the topic (along with our IRA+ strategy and research agenda memo), and serves as a summary of the state of knowledge in the spring; so we suggest you go read it for a good starting place, on top of which this update builds.
Today, we also debut a new tool on our site, the “Research Roundup: Inflation Reduction Act”.
This roundup page will provide a regularly updated one-stop-shop for all the research, polling, strategy, and insights we’ve identified related to advocacy, public engagement and organizing around IRA+ implementation. Stop by every few weeks to see what is new.
Please note that the Lab’s orientation to this topic is in keeping with our mission, and we seek to provide evidence-based insights needed to build durable people power. So we’re not seeking to provide guidance on all the policy ins and outs, nor how to secure any federal dollars. Contact us and we can direct you to other organizations that can answer those questions.

At the Lab, we believe that multiracial, cross-class (MRXC) coalition-building is essential if the climate movement is serious about tackling the climate crisis at the scale it demands. However, a historical lack of collaboration, trust, or healthy mechanisms to deal with conflict often impair these collective efforts. Our new Blueprint for a Multiracial, Cross-Class Climate Movement provides an analysis of the difficulties MRXC climate coalitions are likely to face and offers recommendations for a proposed path forward. Our intention is that these insights help advocates fighting for a livable climate and communities grounded in justice and shared prosperity.

The GreenLatinos Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Anniversary Enuentro is an event dedicated to celebrating the successes and acknowledging the shortcomings of the IRA in delivering environmental justice in nuestras comunidades. These PDF slides include lots of information about IRA provisions’ potential impacts on Latino/a/e communities in the US. Further, see a webinar link to a discussion of these provisions.