This week, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) talks to us about dark money in politics, the biggest obstacles to passing big, bipartisan climate laws, and what he hopes President Joe Biden can accomplish during this term.  Then, Maurice Mitchell, National Director of the Working Families Party, joins the show to talk about centering racial and economic justice in infrastructure plans and how to build back to battle climate change.  Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly": https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group. Check out our updated website! Further Reading/Watching/Listening: Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change How Biden's $2tn infrastructure plan seeks to achieve racial justice Sen. Whitehouse Gives Presentation On 'Dark Money' Influence On Supreme Court Nomination Kurt Andersen on "Evil Geniuses" and The Unmaking of Environmental and Climate Protection‪s‬