Biden Plots Energy Policy With Eye on Left Flank, Swing-State Jobs
- Candidate will propose spending $2 trillion over four years
- Biden wants to avoid 2016 mistake of alienating energy workers
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Joe Biden on Tuesday will unveil clean-energy and infrastructure plans that seek to balance progressives’ demands for bold action on climate against protecting swing-state jobs in a coronavirus-altered economy.
Biden’s plan includes $2 trillion in spending over four years and sets the goal of having 100% of the nation’s electricity generated by carbon-free sources by 2035, people briefed on the proposals said. That’s more spending over a shorter period than the $1.7 trillion, 10-year plan that Biden had offered during the Democratic primary.