Quoted: Expert says ‘green’ stimulus boosts U.S. climate ‘credibility’

A longtime international climate policy expert says near-term progress enacting low-carbon measures in economic stimulus bills would boost the United States’ “credibility” as it seeks to re-engage in global climate talks ahead of next year’s United Nations climate meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. “We are losing the battle to shift investments in economic recovery from the COVID pandemic into the clean energy space,” Alden Meyer, a former top official with the Union of Concerned Scientists who is now with the consulting...