Build Back Better proponents leverage high prices to promote energy revolution

Democratic officials, green energy trade groups, and environmentalists are wielding the spike in high energy prices to make a case for a swift economywide transition away from fossil fuels.

Supporters of President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda have pitched the Democrats' $2.4 trillion spending bill as the ultimate path out of the current cost environment. It's a message that contrasts starkly with the approach of their Republican and oil industry counterparts who blame President Joe Biden's policies for recent price volatility.

According to data from the Energy Information Administration,...