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Other Democrats, particularly Representative Parag Khanna and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, proposed a tax on the “unexpected profits” of energy companies. According to Garin’s poll, the idea is popular even among Republicans, with 73 percent saying they support it.

When asked about the concept, a White House official made no commitment, but said, “We’re not going to sit back and do nothing.”

The hunt for climate voters

Environmental groups have become increasingly complex about how they are involved in politics in recent years, and they have continually fine-tuned their strategies as they put pressure on Washington.

There is an inside game in the Capitol – it encourages lawmakers to act on their priorities. This is a difficult situation for the environmental movement. By one estimate, various groups were spent more than $2 billion Leading lobbying activities on climate-related issues between 2000 and 2016, leading the energy industry. At the time, “the environmental community was largely playing an inside game” but lacked political power, Podesta said.

“If you don’t participate more strongly in public discussions, you’re out of your gun,” he said.

Then there’s the outside game – building a coalition of voters motivated by environmental concerns, especially climate. And here, green bands no longer just preach to the proverbial choir. Activists say 2019 is the first year that climate has appeared in surveys: a high-level voting issueand they expect this trend to continue.

Democrats view climate voters as an increasingly critical element of the governing coalition, but many are concerned about whether that will happen in 2022 – especially if Biden fails to get the rest of the climate agenda accomplished. This is the task that many left-leaning groups are now heading towards.

During the last election cycle, the RSVP Victory Fund, the super PAC affiliated with the Protectorate Voters, studied what it calls “environmentally unstable voters” to find new pools of support.