Inside the greening of American health care

Across the country, medical professionals and Washington policymakers are pushing to decarbonize the American healthcare system, which is responsible for 8.5 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Joanne Kenen, a POLITICO Magazine contributing writer, breaks down the movement to green the healthcare system, how the Biden administration is playing a role, and whether the sector’s transformation is happening as quickly and deeply as needed. Plus, West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin advocated for further action on federal permitting reform this year and pushed back against opposition to the Mountain Valley Pipeline.   Joanne Kenen is the Commonwealth Fund journalist-in-residence at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a POLITICO Magazine contributing writer.  Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.  Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. Annie Rees is a senior audio producer-host at POLITICO.  Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.   For more news on energy and the environment, subscribe to Power Switch, our free evening newsletter: https://www.politico.com/power-switch And for even deeper coverage and analysis, read our Morning Energy newsletter by subscribing to POLITICO Pro: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter-archive/morning-energy