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The mainstream media’s projection that Joe Biden would win the race for the White House prompted the former vice president to claim a climate mandate from voters wanting bold action on energy and environmental issues. Delivering his victory speech in Wilmington, Del., Biden listed several issues that dominated the campaign including the coronavirus pandemic, the economy, systemic racism, and also climate. He announced the outcome of the election has “given us a mandate for action.”

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 …