Biden Officials Aim To Spur State Climate Resilience With Federal Funds

Top White House and agency officials are highlighting billions in federal funds from last year’s bipartisan infrastructure law and coronavirus relief package that they say can be used to support state and local efforts to boost resilience to climate change. In the face on climate-related disasters, state and local officials are “on the front lines of the response,” argued Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at a March 4 event at which federal officials said they hoped to enable, fund and coordinate...