The

Infrastructure Week became sort of a running joke during the Trump administration, but President

Biden has also talked a lot about infrastructure and is unveiling some plans in Pittsburgh

today on that front.

Meanwhile, progressives have been organizing around the Thrive Act.

Stands for Transform, Heal and Renew by investing in a vibrant economy.

And it was reintroduced by Senator Ed Markey and Representative Debbie Dingell last month.

More than 100 actions supporting the Act are taking place today.

And progressive organizers have already succeeded in convincing the Biden administration and

Democrats in Congress that they should go big on green infrastructure.

The administration's build back better proposal does that, but organizers say the problem

is scale.

In a nutshell, this is great, but it needs to be three times bigger.

Today, I'm joined by Kaniyella Ing, former Representative for the great State of Hawaii,

and current Climate Justice Campaign Director for People's Action, a grassroots organization

that's been mobilizing behind the Thrive Act.

He's going to walk us through the details and what he's hearing from communities on the

ground.

That conversation coming up right after this quick break.

I'm Amy Westervalt, and this is Drilt.

Maybe we can start with just what you've kind of what you've been seeing so far in the

Biden administration on climate.

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