
CNN to host climate crisis town hall with Biden administration officials
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Senior Biden administration officials this week will answer questions on how President Joe Biden plans to remake US climate policy in a globally broadcast CNN town hall, the network announced Monday.
"CNN Town Hall: The Climate Crisis" will air Friday at 10 p.m. ET. It coincides with this week's celebration of Earth Day and will come the day after the Biden administration's conference on global warming. The town hall will feature special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry, White House national climate advisor Gina McCarthy, US Environment Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm answering questions about the Biden-Harris climate policy. CNN anchor and chief political correspondent Dana Bash will moderate. In addition to video-submitted questions, a small, socially distanced audience will be present to ask the four administration officials about the Biden-Harris administration's remaking of US climate policy following the Donald Trump presidency.
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