Climate hawks push — but risk overplaying their hands

Published: July 27, 2021, 9 a.m.

If the Democrats’ reconciliation package passes, it will become the largest piece of climate policy in American history. But even at $3.5 trillion dollars, the framework is being criticized by some progressive green groups as too small. Today, POLITICO’s Anthony Adragna, on the risk of climate hawks overplaying their hand and how much of Biden’s climate agenda may actually come through. Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter at POLITICO. Raghu Manavalan is an editor for POLITICO Audio. Carlos Prieto is a POLITICO podcast producer. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO’s audio department. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio