The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August of 2022 has (along with its faults) provided a range of opportunities and challenges for climate advocates. It unlocks billions of dollars for clean energy, efficiency, climate justice, and community resilience; yet, if we can achieve rapid and equitable implementation remains to be seen...
Here, we round up research to inform the public engagement, organizing, mobilizing, and advocacy work that lies ahead thanks to the IRA and other federal initiatives1 (the "IRA+"). We'll update it as new insights emerge.
Some of the types of insights you'll find below:
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| Polling on awareness and popularity of the IRA | Strategy advice on using the IRA to empower organizing | Messaging guidance around the IRA and clean energy projects |
Do you have research, case studies, or lessons learned that you want to share? Send them our way!
(NOTE: There's so much out there on these topics, we are restricting this roundup to focus on the public engagement, organizing, and mobilizing dimension, with less emphasis on policy, or how your organization can access IRA funding. See the Lab's memo on Exploring IRA+ opportunities for background on our perspective).
LAST UPDATED: December 7, 2024
- 1These include the bipartisan infrastructure law (aka "IIJA"), the CHIPS Act, Justice40, environmental justice executive order #14096, and the 30x30 initiative.
Climate Advocacy Lab Newsletters
Offshore wind comes online in NY (Carina Barnett-Loro, 3/21/24)
Transportation electrification insights (Carina Bernett-Loro, 3/14/24)
On Climate Disinformation (Apollo Gonzales, 1/18/24)
The latest IRA+ insights (Justin Rolfe-Redding, 10/26/23)
Our opportunity to build power through IRA implementation (Carina Barnett-Loro, 6/15/23)
Understanding where we go in a post-IRA world (Jack Zhou, 8/25/22)
Reflections on the Inflation Reduction Act (Justin Rolfe-Redding, 8/11/22)
Build Back Better (Justin Rolfe-Redding, 4/21/21)
Polling – recent
(see below for older polling)
Voters Say IRA Is Here To Stay (Grace Adcox and Catherine Fraser, 12/3/24)
Polling on clean energy and the Inflation Reduction Act provisions (Embold Research, 11/11/24)
Poll: No Public Money for Bad Actors: Voters Don’t Want Law-Violating Developers to Get Federal Clean Energy Funding (Data for Progress, 10/31/24)
6 months later, many voters unsure what to make of Biden’s billions (Politico, 10/28/24)
The Economist/YouGov Poll: Inflation Reduction Act knowledge (The Economist and YouGov, 10/14/24)
Poll: Powering the Future: Voters Back Renewable Energy Investment Despite Divides Over Costs and Grid Reliability (Eva Brungard, 10/8/24)
SEIA Solar Energy Messaging Texas Survey (Solar Energy Industries Association, 10/1/24)
Solar's Growing Farmland Problem (Heatmap, 9/11/24)
Poll: Voter Support for the Inflation Reduction Act Continues as Law Reaches Its Two-Year Anniversary (Data for Progress, 9/6/24)
Poll: Majorities of Republicans and Democrats in Swing States Support Keeping Tax Credits for EVs and Clean Energy, Limits on Offshore Drilling (University of Maryland Program for Public Consultation, 8/13/24)
Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Spring 2024 (Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal et al, Yale University and George Mason University, 6/13/24)
Poll: Biden touts his 4 major infrastructure and clean energy laws. Voters doubt they're working. (Steven Shepard, Politico, 5/8/24)
The Inflation Reduction Act: A Policy Guide for Advocates (Navigator, 4/30/24)
Would you care more about the IRA if you thought we could lose it? (A–B, Climate Equity Action Fund, and The Energy Foundation, 2/1/24)
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Remains Broadly Popular (Bryan Bennett, Navigator, 11/15/23)
Voters Decisively Reject ‘Drill, Baby, Drill,’ Blame Oil & Gas Companies, OPEC+ for High Gas Prices (Data for Progress, Climate Power, Fossil Free Media, 11/1/23)
IRA turns one. A year later, what have we learned? (John Marshall and Jessica Lu, Potential Energy Coalition, 8/17/23)
A Year After the Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, Key Climate Provisions of the Law Enjoy Strong Support Across the Electorate (Data for Progress, 8/16/23)
One Year After Passage, the Inflation Reduction Act Maintains Broad Support (Navigator, 8/15/23)
Two in Three Continue to Support the Inflation Reduction Act (Navigator, 7/14/23)
New Polling on Clean Energy and Permitting Reform (Climate Power, Earthjustice, and Data for Progress, 5/30/23)
Who is most supportive of the Inflation Reduction Act? (Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, 3/30/23)
Messaging advice
Talking Points: The American Clean Energy Boom is Here to Stay (Climate Power, 12/1/24)
National Energy Conservation Day Social Media Toolkit 2024 (CIPP, 12/1/24)
Pitch Toolkit – Clean Energy Action Month (CIPP, 10/1/24)
Schools and IRA Promotional Toolkit (9/1/24)
Campaign Strategy & Tactical Roadmap: Pre-bunking & Inoculating against EV Disinformation (CIPP Network, 7/1/24)
State & Local Clean Energy Implementation Messaging Guide (Climate Power and League of Conservation Voters, 7/1/24)
Tracking Report: Environmental Misinformation on Social Media (Vinesight, 5/22/24)
Tracking Report: Clean Energy Misinformation on Social Media (Vinesight, 5/21/24)
Clean air messaging motivates across political affiliation in Texas (Energy Foundation, 5/1/24)
Audiences for Electrics (Rewiring America and Harmony Labs, 4/1/24)
ACE's IRA Accelerator: Best practices on messaging from a year of tests (Leah Qusba and LeeAnn Sangalang, 12/19/23)
Black + Latin@ Audiences: New Research & Message Testing Insights on the Inflation Reduction Act (A—B, 11/1/2023)
The IRA Influencer Campaign (Climate Nexus, Resource Media, Water Hub, 8/24/23)
Effective messaging for clean energy in a post-IRA world (Jessica Lu & John Marshall, Potential Energy Coalition, 4/10/23)
Clean Energy and the Inflation Reduction Act (Potential Energy Coalition, 2/7/23)
Message Testing on the Inflation Reduction Act (Data for Progress and Blue Rose, 8/3/22)
Implementation Message Testing: Inflation Reduction Act (Winning Jobs Narrative Project, 8/1/22)
Inflation Reduction Act: Messaging Guidance (We Make the Future, Aug 2022)
Strategic advice (beyond messaging)
Weatherization Toolkit (CIPP, 9/20/24)
Pitch toolkit - Inflation Reduction Act Second Anniversary (CIPP, 8/16/24)
Climate Conversations (Ash Lauth, 1/1/24)
Home energy rebates: Opportunities for community-based organizations to shape implementation (Rewiring America, The Greenlining Institute, and Rocky Mountain Institute, 2/1/24)
How climate activists can help get things built (David Roberts [Volts] & Jeff Ordower [350.org] 9/20/23)
A One Year Reflection: The IRA's Impacts on Latino/a/e Comunidades (Green Latinos, 8/15/23)
Building a movement that can take full advantage of the IRA (David Roberts [Volts], Hahrie Han [Johns Hopkins University] & David Beckman [Pisces Foundation], 4/26/23)
IRA Implementation: Advocacy & Our Work (The Partnership Project, 7/1/23)
Peer Learning Exchange: IRA Organizing (Nicole Ektnitphong, Climate Advocacy Lab, 6/29/23)
Our opportunity to build durable power through IRA implementation (Carina Barnett-Loro, Climate Advocacy Lab, 6/15/23)
The IRA Is an Invitation to Organizers (Kate Aronoff, Dissent, 5/1/23)
Making Good on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Promise & Scaling Investment in Community-Driven Climate Solutions (Hive Fund, 2/27/23 & 3/29/23)
Inflation Reduction Act: Campaign Opportunities for State Coalitions to Advance a Green New Deal (Green New Deal Network, 1/25/23)
Understanding where we go in a post-IRA world (Jack Zhou, Climate Advocacy Lab, 8/25/22)
Connect to Build: Frontline Organization and Federal Infrastructure Funding Opportunities (Emerald Cities Collaborative, SPARCC, and People’s Climate Innovation Center, 8/1/23)
Policy
Clean Energy Research Hub (Climate Power, 11/14/24)
Rare Conversation: “Sparking Change to Electrify Clean Energy Adoption” (Rare and Rewiring America, 10/22/24)
Impact Study of Arrested IRA Investment (BW Research Partnership, 10/1/24)
Entrenched Power: How Shareholder-Owned Electric Utilities Hinder the Clean Energy Transition (Niko Lusiani, 9/19/24)
How the Biden investments are changing America (David Roberts, 9/18/24)
Has Michigan Uncovered the Secret to More Jobs, Lower Energy Bills, and a Growing Middle Class? (Evergreen Action, 9/12/24)
Developing a supply chain for American-made batteries (David Roberts, 9/6/24)
National Solar Jobs Consensus 2023 (IREC, 9/1/24)
Clean Economy Works – IRA Two-Year Review (E2, 8/14/24)
Breaking Ground: The Inflation Reduction Act Two Years In (Climate Jobs National Resource Center, 8/13/24)
Clean Energy Investing in America (American Clean Power, 8/1/24)
2023 IN REVIEW: A Year of Federal Climate Investments (Annabelle Rosser and Jaclyn Lea [Atlas Public Policy], 5/2/24)
Meeting the Movement Moment (Mosaic, 4/1/24)
The Federal Funding Primer on Climate Justice (Global Center for Climate Justice, 4/1/24)
How's IRA doing? (David Roberts [Volts], Trevor Houser [Rhodium Group], 3/13/24)
Unlocking Clean Energy Incentives for Underserved Communities (The Rockefeller Foundation, 3/8/24)
The Democrats' new consensus bill would supercharge transmission (David Roberts [Volts], Rep. Sean Casten & Rep. Mike Levin, 2/14/24)
Grading Biden’s Signature Law (New York Times, 2/9/24)
Incentivizing household action: Exploring the behavioral wedge in the 2021 IIJA and the 2022 IRA (Energy Policy, 1/26/24)
Empty Nest-ers Beware: Smart Thermostats are Here to Stay (Parks Associates, 1/23/24)
Clean Energy Jobs State & County Maps (E2, 1/1/24)
Federal Wins Toward a Green New Deal (Green New Deal Network, 1/1/24)
Inflation Reduction Act Wins & Harms (Green New Deal Network, 1/1/24)
Flood Justice (Just Infrastructure, 1/1/24)
Biden’s Fossil Fuel Fail: How U.S. Oil & Gas Supply Rises under the Inflation Reduction Act (Oil Change International, 11/1/23)
Setting Justice40 in Motion: The Hourglass Problem of Infrastructure Justice (Justin Schott and Kyle Whyte, 10/13/23)
One year later: The Inflation Reduction Act and climate progress (Brookings Institution, 10/11/23)
Project Agreements Resource Guide (Data for Progress, 8/31/23)
The progressive take on the permitting debate (David Roberts [Volts] & Johanna Bozuwa [Climate and Community Project], 8/30/23)
The challenges of building transmission in the US, and how to overcome them (David Roberts [Volts] & Liza Reed [Niskanen], 8/10/23)
Climate Culture IRA Index (Rare, 7/1/23)
Inflation Reduction Act: Implementation Gaps for Local Governments & How to Close Them (Columbia Law School, 5/25/2023)
It's Up to States to Implement the IRA. Are they Ready? (David Roberts [Volts] and Sam Ricketts [Evergreen Action], 5/17/23)
The Journey of Justice40 (A Matter of Degrees, 2/15/23)
A User Guide to The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BlueGreen Alliance, 1/27/23)
Federal Climate Funds for Communities (Green New Deal Network)
FEDERAL CLIMATE FUNDING HUB (America Is All In, 1/1/23)
Investing in America (The White House, 1/1/23)
Climate and Environmental Justice Block Grants (National Wildlife Federation, 1/1/23)
Rural Cooperative Utilities and the Inflation Reduction Act (Sierra Club, 11/1/22)
Investments for Tribal and Indigenous Communities (NDN Collective and ReWiring America, 11/30/22)
IRA: Our Analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act (Sylvia Chi, Just Solutions Collective, 9/15/22)
Inflation Reduction Act: Environmental and Climate Justice Factsheet (Climate Justice Alliance [CJA], UPROSE, and Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, 8/15/22)
The Myth of the Solar "Cost Shift" and the True Value of Solar (Solar United Neighbors, 1/1/21)
Extreme Weather/Climate Disasters
Helene/Milton Narrative Rapid Response Resource (10/1/24)
Talking Points: EVs are Safe to Use During Emergencies (Clean Vehicles Coalition, 10/1/24)
Talking Points: EVs are Fire-Safe (Clean Vehicles Coalition, 10/1/24)
Civic Engagement
Empowering Pro-Solar Leaders in Rural Wisconsin, Kansas & Missouri (Localyst, 11/1/24)
Polling – older
Voters’ Attitudes About Clean Energy Policy, Development, and Expansion (Hart Research for Climate Power & League of Conservation Voters, 2/13/23)
On the Inflation Reduction Act, Voters Have Heard Very Little (Alvin Gunnion and Sabrina Jacobs, Data for Progress, 11/3/22)
Senator Whitehouse: To Unlock the Full Potential of the IRA, We Need to Make It Easier to Build Electricity Transmission Lines (Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Data for Progress, 10/25/22)
Poll (Navigator, 10/24/22)
Times/Siena Poll: Democrats Buoyed by Abortion and Trump (Lisa Lerer and Nate Cohn, New York Times, 9/16/22)
Michigan and Wisconsin Voters Support the Inflation Reduction Act and Bold Actions to Address Climate Change (Danielle Deiseroth, Data for Progress, 9/1/22)
After Passage, Two in Three Americans Support the Inflation Reduction Act (Navigator, 8/18/22)
Key Themes from New Survey on the Inflation Reduction Act (Hart Research, League of Conservation Voters, and Climate Power, 8/15/22)
A Majority of Arizonans Support The Inflation Reduction Act (McKenzie Wilson, Data for Progress, 8/9/22)
Voters Support the Inflation Reduction Act (Danielle Deiseroth, Data for Progress and Climate Power, 8/3/22)
Unpacking Voters’ Perceptions of the Inflation Reduction Act (Matt Bracken, Julia Martinez & Amanda Jacobson Snyder, Morning Consult, 8/2/22)
Tools
A glossary for frequently used terms in the IRA (1/1/24)
Your guide to the IRA (Rewiring America, Spring 2023)
RE-AMP Federal Funding Map (RE-AMP, Spring 2023)
How much money can you get with the Inflation Reduction Act? (Rewiring America, 1/1/23)