State of the Union: Skittish Dems urge Biden to talk climate - E&E News by POLITICO
State of the Union: Skittish Dems urge Biden to talk climate - E&E News by POLITICO
As the campaign season kicks off in earnest, congressional Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to highlight wins in the clean energy transition at his State of the Union speech on Thursday.
Democrats have a lot of work to do on that front — millions of Americans still have no idea what the administration has accomplished on climate and energy.
“We have a great story to tell,” Environment and Public Works Chair Tom Carper (D-Del.) said in an interview. “He has to tell it. We have to tell it. Eventually it will break through.”
They better hope it breaks through soon. Several polls have shown that many voters are unfamiliar with Biden’s and Democrats’ climate and energy efforts. A recent survey from Third Way found Americans consider former President Donald Trump best equipped on energy and economic issues.
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The federal government and states are in the process of implementing two laws — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act — an investment of more than a trillion dollars to address climate change.