On Aug. 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, enacting the most powerful response to climate change in human history. As we observe the first anniversary of this landmark achievement, cascading climate catastrophes are bearing down on us: the hottest summer in recorded history, with states like Arizona suffering through a month of 110-degree days, deadly wildfires in Maui, freakish flooding and destruction in Vermont.

Just last month, in ominous contrast to the Biden administrations comprehensive focus on climate action, the Republican Partys premier think tank released a plan for a GOP administration to restore the rule of the carbon barons, dramatically expand the use of coal, oil and gas, and nullify renewable energy policies and environmental regulations.

The Heritage Foundations so-called Project 2025 what its architects describe as a battle plan against the administrative state unveils a chilling agenda for dismantling vital agencies that protect our air, our water and a sustainable future. Armed with lessons from the chaos of the Trump presidency, the climate-denying right wing, which has already cost us precious time in the fight against climate change, is ready to destroy all the progress we are making.

Democrats in Congress and President Biden passed the historic legislation the IRA and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to cut greenhouse gas emissions 42% by 2030 to stave off the worst consequences of climate change. The Biden administration has floored the (electric) accelerator in rolling out the IRAs clean energy benefits.

In the first year after its enactment, the IRA has created an estimated 170,000+ clean energy jobs , sparked more than $110 billion in private sector clean energy manufacturing investments , spurred $122 billion in new clean energy projects ranging from wind power to solar projects, and saved millions of Americans an average of $800 on their health care premiums .

In addition to industry-wide transformations, the IRA is also helping individuals and families purchase cost-efficient electric vehicles and energy-efficient electric appliances.

Compare that with the billionaire-funded Heritage Foundations blueprint for apocalypse now and the GOPs recent determination to drive the world economy off a cliff unless President Biden defunded the Inflation Reduction Act. In the struggle for sustainability versus climate cataclysm, only one party is committed to sustainability.