We’ve had a lot to say about the climate and energy benefits in the Inflation Reduction Act, but in this week’s Climate Check segment, Melissa Baldauff helps us go back to the beginning—when the bill was known as President Biden’s Build Back Better plan before it went through the congressional sausage grinder. It’s a lesson in perseverance, compromise, and the potential to make a good thing even better in the future—rather than taking your ball and going home.

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