Energy Sec. Granholm: Focus on renewable energy will protect U.S. 'manufacturing backbone'
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Summary: President Biden's infrastructure proposal includes hundreds of billions of dollars to address climate change by cutting emissions and increasing the use of clean energy, which critics say amounts to a version of the Green New Deal proposal released by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., in 2019. Energy secretary Jennifer Granholm joins us to discuss the matter. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders