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By picking U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D, Cal.) as his vice-presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden is setting up a fight over fracking and the Green New Deal with western lawmakers.

The Sierra Club, one of the nation’s leading environmental activism groups, has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in 2020 on lobbying efforts and donations to elected officials, hoping to influence policy and elect candidates sympathetic to its cause. At the same time, the organization has proposed a COVID-19 economy …

Pushing his environmental platform further since wrapping up the Democratic presidential nomination this month, former Vice President Joe Biden floated the idea of creating a new cabinet post focused solely on climate change if elected in November.