The scientist-turned-congressman aiming for a climate-change breakthrough

By Josh Siegel

Published November 27, 2018 5:00am ET

The scientist-turned-congressman aiming for a climate-change breakthrough — Congress is divided over climate policy. Sean Casten thinks he can build a bridge between them. Casten is a 46-year-old clean-energy businessman and scientist who defeated Rep. Peter Roskam, the six-term Republican incumbent of Illinois’s 6th Congressional District, covering the well-educated, affluent suburbs west of Chicago that Hillary Clinton won by seven points in 2016. […]

Congress is divided over climate policy. Sean Casten thinks he can build a bridge between them.

Casten is a 46-year-old clean-energy businessman and scientist who defeated Rep. Peter Roskam, the six-term Republican incumbent of Illinois’s 6th Congressional District, covering the well-educated, affluent suburbs west of Chicago that Hillary Clinton won by seven points in 2016.