Climate change legislation stalls amid rising inflation concerns

Some activists have focused their rage on Democrats beyond Mr. Manchin, such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who they say has continued to support moderate incumbents such as Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas against a younger cast of liberals. and more diverse.

“There is a felt sense of leadership failure across the party,” said Varshini Prakash, executive director of the Sunrise Movement, a group of young climate activists. “Among young people there is deep frustration that the issue of our time which is existential to our survival is not being addressed with the level of combat it deserves.”

She and other organizers argued that anger over stifled environmental legislation would only drive young voters to work harder to elect progressive Democrats.

“I think they see there’s no room to remake the Republican Party, but there is room in the states to remake the Democratic Party,” said Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, president of NextGen America. , the progressive political action committee founded by billionaire Tom Steyer to mobilize young voters.

NextGen has earmarked $1.5 million to mobilize students on 186 college campuses in battlegrounds Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas and of Wisconsin. It aims to reach 9.6 million progressive voters.

The Sunrise movement plans to focus on swing states like Pennsylvania and competitive House races. The nonpartisan Environmental Voter Project is targeting eight million people it has identified as environmentalists who did not vote in the 2020 presidential election.

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