
Go green or bust: could a green industrial revolution spark an American renaissance?
In the US, a suite of climate-policy and green-finance mechanisms are being developed under President Joe Biden to spur a so-called “green revolution”, enshrined in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed last year. But will these policies be enough to unravel and correct the interrelated environmental, social and economic obstacles that have arisen from decades of extractive, unsustainable industrial development?