Biden Power Plant and EV Plans Hit a New Obstacle: Vulnerable Democrats
- Moves could appeal to cost-sensitive voters in tight contests
- Pause on LNG export permits could stoke fresh outcry
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Vulnerable Democrats in swing states are increasingly sounding the alarm about Biden environmental policies that risk turning off cost-conscious moderate voters they need to win at the ballot box.
The warnings pose an election year challenge for US President Joe Biden, whose plans to slash power plant pollution, boost electric vehicle sales and pause natural gas exports are popular with climate activists — but politically poisonous for some congressional Democrats.