Castor Pledges Hill Action On ‘Cleanest, Greenest’ Infrastructure Bill

Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), who chairs the House select climate change committee, is pledging that Congress will enact the “cleanest, greenest” infrastructure package later this year, with various provisions advancing clean energy and other climate-related initiatives. Speaking during a Jan. 13 online town hall event with environmentalists about the prospects of climate and environmental legislation in the new Congress, Castor said an early legislative vehicle for such measures is the broad infrastructure package President-elect Joe Biden is pushing. “We have...