On Sunday, President Biden dropped out of the presidential race, clearing the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place, and it’s now highly likely that she will be running against former President Donald J. Trump in November. Harris, as Lisa Friedman wrote, “has for years made the environment a top concern,” and earlier in her career took positions far to the left of Biden on climate change. This is partly why Harris is widely expected to continue the work Biden started if she is elected. Harris’s climate adviser, Ike Irby, told Friedman that the vice president would focus on implementation of the I.R.A. That may sound underwhelming, but experts told me it’s actually a pretty big challenge and key to hitting the U.S.’s climate goals.

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Persons: Biden, Kamala Harris, it’s, Donald J, Trump, Harris, Lisa Friedman, “, polluters, Ike Irby, Friedman Organizations: Biden, Green, Deal, U.S