Soaring Gas Prices Test Biden On Climate Change

President Joe Biden’s ambitions to finally put the U.S. on the path to confront

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climate change are crashing into an election-year scramble to lower gas prices

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and demonstrate tangible economic progress to voters.

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As environmentalists celebrate Earth Day on Friday, the Biden administration is trying to thread

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the needle, arguing that the country can keep pursuing

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a climate-friendly future while keeping prices affordable.

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Yet rarely have the trade-offs seemed so stark.

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White House is desperate to lower the cost of a gallon of fuel

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the most visible economic indicator, broadcast on huge,

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neon signs at gas stations on almost every corner.

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