Joe Biden is significantly escalating his climate change agenda with a new $2 trillion infrastructure and clean energy plan that would get fossil fuels entirely out of the nation's electricity supply in less than 15 years. In the most substantial addition to his climate plan since rolling out the initial $1.7 trillion platform more than a year ago, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is endorsing some of the major requests that his progressive opponents had championed, doubling down on what President Trump has labeled an extremist agenda that would significantly increase costs (Climatewire, June 4, 2019). Biden is planning to roll out the plan today in a Wilmington, Del., speech, presenting it as the second pillar of his "Build Back Better" agenda of economic recovery and stimulus to recover from the depression caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. His campaign claims the platform would create millions of jobs, clean the air, and provide better homes and cars, among other benefits.
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