In Brief: Biden's Climate Fight (with Coral Davenport)

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🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Preet speaks with Coral Davenport, a reporter at the New York Times who covers energy and environmental policy, with a focus on climate change. They discuss the newly-proposed EPA rules affecting electric vehicle production and greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. References & Supplemental Materials: “Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Strongest-Ever Pollution Standards for Cars and Trucks,” EPA, 4/12/23 “E.P.A. Lays Out Rules to Turbocharge Sales of Electric Cars and Trucks,” NYT, 4/12/23 “Biden Plans an Electric Vehicle Revolution. Now, the Hard Part,” NYT, 4/13/23 Coral Davenport, “E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants,” NYT, 4/22/23 Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at letters@cafe.com, or leave a voicemail at 669-247-7338. For analysis of recent legal news, try the CAFE Insider membership for just $1 for one month: cafe.com/insider. Check out other CAFE shows Now & Then and Up Against the Mob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:31.6	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is Stay Tuned in Brief. I'm Pete Burara.
1:38.8	President Biden entered office with big ambitions to combat climate change. So how's he doing?
1:44.6	Well, in recent weeks, the EPA has announced, or indicated that it will announce,
1:48.4	a series of significant policies, one to dramatically increase sales of electric cars and trucks,
1:53.7	and another to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. To drill down into these policies,
1:59.3	I'm joined by Coral Davenport. She's a reporter at The New York Times where she covers energy
2:04.4	and environmental policy with a focus on climate change. In 2020, she was a finalist for the Pulitzer
2:10.4	Prize. Coral, welcome to the show. Hi, I great to be with you. So let's start with the electric
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