Sunrise political director Evan Weber said the Biden team made the first contact, a courtesy call in June 2019, after the campaign put out the first iteration of its climate plan. Of the six working groups, none yielded as much movement from the Biden side as the group gathered to address climate policy. In a statement formally introducing Biden's "Climate team," his transition described the group as "bold thinkers (who) know how to pull every lever of government to take on the urgent, existential threat of climate change." The Richmond dust-up wasn't the first time Sunrise and the Biden team were at loggerheads. But after the debate, Weber called a Biden campaign aide.

Source: CNN January 02, 2021 13:30 UTC