Greens grasp for silver lining in Trump’s infrastructure pitch

Published February 6, 2019 3:48am ET



President Trump didn’t offer an olive branch to environmentalists on climate change in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, but major groups say his call for infrastructure legislation could be an opening for cooperation.

The Natural Resource Defense Council, a major national environmental group, responded to the speech by urging Trump to include climate change-related measures in his infrastructure program.

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