VP Kamala Harris comes to Charlotte to announce climate investments WSOC TV [Video]

CHARLOTTE — Vice President Kamala Harris visited Charlotte on Thursday.

Harris gave a speech at the Naomi Drenan Center on the Biden administration’s investments to combat climate change.

She then will head to Uptown to officially open a Biden campaign field office.

The Biden campaign is investing heavily in North Carolina, and the Charlotte office is one of 10 in the state.

While in Charlotte, Harris announced $20 billion in awards to support climate and clean energy projects. That includes things like distributed clean power generation and storage, net-zero retrofits of homes and small businesses, and zero-emission transportation.

Harris will then open a field office in Uptown Charlotte. It is one of 10 across the state.

North Carolina was the closest state President Joe Biden lost in 2020. Political experts say to expect the Biden and Harris campaign to go hard in this state and invest heavily.

The Biden campaign …