After decades of Congressional inaction, the federal government is finally poised to take its biggest action ever to address climate change

The sweeping Inflation Reduction Act that passed the U.S. Senate yesterday, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote, includes aggressive climate change measures, in many ways similar to ones already in place here in California

If the House approves the bill, as expected when it votes on Friday, the new law could transform energy and transportation across the country, and, experts hope, start to turn the tide on climate change.

For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchors Doug Sovern, Patti Reising, and Bret Burkhart spoke with Laura Deehanm, State Director of Environment California, she has been working on this issue for two decades, leading the fight to transition California to 100% green and clean energy.