Biden claims climate breakthrough in bipartisan deal

Published June 24, 2021 7:32pm ET



President Joe Biden is touting the bipartisan infrastructure agreement he endorsed Thursday as a significant down payment on his aggressive pledges to combat climate change.

But climate activists say Biden is overstating the significance of the emissions reduction provisions in the package, which is mostly focused on traditional “hard” infrastructure such as roads and bridges.

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