Climate provisions in the debt ceiling deal have some Democrats on the Hill feeling like they’ve been thrown under the bus. Nightly reports 👇
Climate activists demonstrate to stop fossil fuel usage in Central Park in New York City with President Joe Biden in town for a campaign reception on May 10. | Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images— In a press call with reporters on Sunday night, a White House official told a tale of Biden climate heroism.
Greenlighting the pipeline — a nonstarter for climate activists and their progressive allies — blindsided environmental groups and Democrats in Congress and undercut the administration’s talking points. It wasn’t just the glidepath to completion for the fossil fuel pipeline. Another big piece of it came in the form of industry-friendly permitting changes designed to speed up the process for energy projects. While the administration billed those changes as a boon for building renewable energy, many environmental advocates immediately saw it as a blunt-force climate attack mirroring Trump-era directives.
Biden energy and climate adviser John Podesta took heat from his own party on Capitol Hill when he went to pitch members on the agreement before the big House vote. Democrats openly vented to reporters in basement hallways about their frustrations with the climate provisions and attempts to cast them as a victory.
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