Fishery Friendly Climate Action: Recent Episodes
Fishery Friendly Climate Action
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest package of climate change legislation in U.S. history. In this podcast, host Sarah Schumann steps through the Act's climate and energy provisions with an eye to the positive and negative impacts of these provisions on fishery ecosystems and the people who depend on them.
The U.S. made history last week when it signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, the nation's first major climate legislation and a significant turning point in domestic energy policy. In this episode, we break apart the Act's tax credits, spending measures, and other climate provisions. We discuss how "fishery friendly" each of the Act's measures is, and how commercial fishermen can work together over the coming decade to ensure implementation that safeguards America's fishery ecosystems and the people who depend on them.