Ewire: Democrats seek to tie climate to virus, racial equity

Capitol Hill Democrats are floating an economic recovery platform that seeks to link what they say are several overlapping crises: climate change, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the country’s economic downturn and persistent racial inequities. “It is the duty of the Federal Government to respond to the crises of racial injustice, mass unemployment, the COVID-19 pandemic, and climate change with a bold and holistic national mobilization,” says a bicameral resolution introduced Sept. 10 by more than 80 Democratic lawmakers. Reuters...