Last summer, the US pledged in the The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 an estimated $369 billion for policies and programs aimed at tackling climate change. This year, that’s spurred new green spending programs from the European Union and Canada, which are trying to retain competitiveness in clean technology manufacturing. The World’s Environment Correspondent Carolyn Beeler reports.
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