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A collection of the nation's leading and biggest spending environmental groups endorsed President Joe Biden's re-election bid on Wednesday, an early sign that he has consolidated their support despite some recent policy moves that angered climate activists.
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A collection of the nation’s leading and biggest spending environmental groups endorsed President Joe Biden’s re-election bid on Wednesday, an early sign that he has consolidated their support despite some recent policy moves that angered climate activists.
The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, billionaire Tom Steyer’s NextGen PAC, NRDC Action Fund and the Sierra Club endorsed Biden during an LCV dinner in Washington. This is the first time the four groups have ever jointly announced a presidential endorsement, according to the Biden campaign.
“Together, we’ve made a lot of progress so far. We have to finish the job,” Biden told the crowd climate activists.
He added that the world poses many threats, but climate change “is the only truly existential threat.”
While the endorsements are not surprising, they are a sign that the environmental groups are
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