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3 ways the Inflation Reduction Act would pay you to help fight climate change

Some of the Act's $369 billion in energy and climate spending aims to make it easier and cheaper for Americans to live more sustainably.

Money in the Inflation Reduction Act would make it cheaper for Americans to curb their own climate-warming emissions.

While most of the bill's climate benefits would come from incentivizing major shifts, such as building more wind and solar power, individual choices can add up when undertaken on a large scale.

Here's what you need to know about three ways the bill would pay consumers to make greener choices, if it passes the House of Representatives, as expected.

Money for efficient electric appliances - and the home upgrades needed to support them

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