How Dirty is Clean Energy? ft. Raquel Dominguez w/ Earthworks (G&R 194)

Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals · Nov 16, 2022 · 1h

We’re currently seeing a drive towards the growth of the renewable energy (RE) sector. We’re seeing a new iteration of corporate liberalism which allows the state to expand markets, in this case for renewable energy, but at a cost related to justice and health of communities in or near areas extracting materials for the RE sector. The most recent example of this is the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA created incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles, renewable energy and more and it provides $27 billion in funding for accelerating clean energy technologies.

So the question as…