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Inflation Reduction Act to fund clean energy, electricity on tribal lands

The federal government’s Inflation Reduction Act has earmarked $35 million dollars to deploy clean energy production on tribal lands, and power unelectrified buildings.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks to Cody Two Bears, executive director of the Indigenized Energy Initiative, about these efforts.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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