Levy, J.I. 2022 Inflation Reduction Act: Climate Investments Are Public Health Investments
American Journal of Public Health 112, 1525_1525
The author offers observation on the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which was signed into law on August 16, with multiple components important to public health. Topics discussed include impact of climate change on human health, how clean energy and climate change provisions in the IRA will improve public health along pathways other than climate change itself, and provisions of the IRA that make homes more energy efficient.