First on CNN: Climate groups launch pressure campaign aimed at Biden ahead of State of the Union

Climate advocates are sounding the alarm ahead of Biden’s Tuesday State of the Union speech amid what they see as slow action on the climate crisis.

Now that President Joe Biden’s signature climate bill is effectively dead, and with little momentum in Congress to revive it, these groups are applying pressure at the start of what they say is a make-or-break year for climate action.

“It’s time to go faster,” Sam Ricketts, co-founder and co-director for climate group Evergreen Action, told CNN. “You’re going to need to see federal agencies to do things more aggressive, more climate-oriented than they’ve ever done before.”

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