Irish Examiner View: US climate deal must succeed

Biden’s Build Back Better plan would help point the world towards renewable energy sources and away from fossil-fuel autocrats such as Vladimir Putin.

US president Joe Biden speaks at the Washington Hilton on April 6. Picture: Carolyn Kaster/AP

Hidden away in recent weeks behind the headlines on Ukraine and Covid, one of US president Joe Biden’s central policy planks has become mired in congressional limbo.

Biden’s Build Back Better plan is arguably one of the most important pieces of climate change legislation yet seen anywhere in the world.