Protesters asked the pair last Friday to pass legislation to invest in clean energy and fight climate change.
PHOENIX — The turmoil in Europe is a reminder of how much the U.S. relies on imported fossil fuels and it is reviving calls for the U.S. Senate to pass green energy legislation that stalled in January.
The climate portion of the Build Back Better plan was passed by the House Democrats last year, but a companion bill was not finalized in the Senate and stalled in January.
The plan would allocate $550 billion over 10 years on tax credits for solar panels and electric vehicles, as well as provide incentives to build solar batteries and other green technology.
“We have to permanently wean ourselves off of…