‘Staggering failure’: Environmentalists slam House Democratic flagship climate bill

Published March 9, 2020 4:01am ET



Climate activists are issuing a warning shot to Democratic lawmakers, calling for them to propose dramatically more aggressive policies to tackle greenhouse gas emissions.

The flagship climate bill House Democrats are promoting thus far, the CLEAN Future Act from lawmakers on the Energy and Commerce Committee, “represents a staggering failure of ambition and leadership,” write a coalition of environmental groups in a letter Monday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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