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Dec 2024
32m 4s

The Future of Clean Energy

Foreign Policy
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The incoming Trump administration is expected to gut a key piece of President Biden’s climate legacy: the Inflation Reduction Act. How will rolling this law back shape energy policy in the future? And what does this mean for the Paris Climate Accords? The Biden administration’s top climate diplomat, John Podesta, joins FP Live to discuss.  Suggested reading ... Show More
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