Amid Coronavirus Outbreak Legislators Face Pressure on Climate Action

What policy makers are saying

The stimulus bill is designed to stabilize the economy, not impact climate change. 

What green companies & climate activists are saying

• Clean energy faces the same stresses as the travel, restaurant, and entertainment industries.
• There is no conflict in helping green companies with climate-friendly legislation.
• Wind turbines, solar panels, and other renewable technologies cost much less than they did in 2009 when Congress passed the last stimulus package.
• The clean energy sector employs far more people since 2009 and has the potential to employ more.

Advocates for including climate action in a stimulus package

• green energy groups like the Solar Energy Association and the American Wind Energy Association 
• environmental groups like the Sierra Club 
• several U.S. senators including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Jay Inslee
• professors from various universities 

The Washington Post | As they race to boost the economy, lawmakers encounter push for a greener stimulus