Ben Jealous: The IRA…Our biggest step toward a brighter future for our children

Getty Images Stock Photo (TriceEdneyWire.com)—I often think about a factory hallway in Dalton, Georgia that is filled with pictures drawn by children. It is a reminder of what can be, what will be, thanks to the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which celebrates its second anniversary this month.& The drawings capture how these children see their parents who work at this solar manufacturing plant. There are pictures of beautiful sunny days, of the earth with pristine water. Of their parents saving the world. These children see their parents as superheroes. As I remember these pictures, I wonder: how can anyone not be inspired by these children to fight every day for a better, livable future? For more clean energy jobs, in big cities and rural communities across the country, that will power our economy—and our homes—for generations to come? Around this anniversary, the news has been filled with reflection on what the IRA has achieved and what still needs to be done. It is—as it should be —a major focal point at the Democratic National Convention last week in Chicago.& You do not have to look hard to find examples of its success. More than 334,000 new clean energy jobs&...