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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    GOP budget bill would set back US climate goals

    The proposed budget cuts would eliminate hundreds of billions in clean energy and EV credits. It’s the latest Republican retreat from addressing climate change.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 30, 2025 • 1 min read

    The proposed budget cuts would eliminate hundreds of billions in clean energy and EV credits. It’s the latest Republican retreat from addressing climate change.

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    4. 33:55Adrian Quesada on his bicultural upbringing, collaborations with Latin stars
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      Madeleine Brand

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Cara Horowitz

      executive director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    How would LA Medicaid patients be affected by proposed budget cuts?
    1. 0:004 million Angelenos get Medicaid. How will proposed budget cuts affect them?
    2. 8:37GOP budget bill would set back US climate goalsYou’re reading this
    3. 17:19Want to narrate an audiobook? The job is tougher than you think
    4. 33:55Adrian Quesada on his bicultural upbringing, collaborations with Latin stars
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