The Biden Administration announced included in the $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs package is $400 billion to combat climate change, including $60 billion for infrastructure related to green transit and $46 billion for climate-related research and development. The bill also aims to make electric-vehicle charging stations available across the country. Andreas Karelas, author of CLIMATE COURAGE: How Tackling Climate Change Can Build Community, Transform the Economy, and Bridge the Political Divide in America says that, for a long time, people have equated solving climate change with hurting the economy, and it’s simply not true.
