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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Oliver Milman

Biden’s green policies will save 200,000 lives and have boosted clean energy jobs, data shows

workers wearing neon vests and white hardhats walk by wind turbines under construction
Wind turbine foundation components at a construction hub in Providence, Rhode Island, on 13 June 2024. Photograph: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The environmental policies of Joe Biden’s administration will save approximately 200,000 Americans’ lives from dangerous pollution in the coming decades and have spurred a surge in clean energy jobs, two independent reports outlining the stakes of the upcoming US presidential election have found.

The first full year of the Inflation Reduction Act, the sprawling climate bill passed by Democratic votes in Congress in 2022, saw nearly 150,000 clean energy jobs added, according to a new report by nonpartisan business group E2.

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