The President of the United States wants to act by executive order while Congress refuses to vote on his environmental proposals.
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Posted on 7/21/2022 7:27 AM Updated on 7/21/2022 8:38 AM
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The American President wants to act. Blocked by the Republican majority in the Senate and confined to the Supreme Court by elected Conservatives, Joe Biden on Wednesday, July 20, sought to reinvigorate his climate pledges and announced new regulatory action at a time when a heatwave is sweeping the United States suffocated. United.
Our children and grandchildren are counting on us to tackle climate change.
The world is counting on us.
This is the United States of America. If we put our hearts and minds into it, there is nothing beyond our capacity. pic.twitter.com/3g6IOBYgqO
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 21, 2022
Climate change is “a clear and imminent threat” and an “existential threat to our nation and the world,” said the 79-year-old Democratic President. “The health of our fellow citizens is at stake,” as is “our national security” and “our economy,” he added, during a visit to Massachusetts, on the site of a former highly polluting coal-fired power plant, closed since 2017 and in transition wind energy.
“Since Congress is not doing what it should,” lamented the President of the United States, who has just suffered a major parliamentary setback for his environmental reform program, “I will exercise my executive powers.” Orders presented Wednesday include additional funds to protect regions exposed to extreme heat and measures to increase wind power production in the United States.
The White House says it is committed to meeting its climate commitments, particularly cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Joe Biden, returning to the Paris Climate Agreement bequeathed by his predecessor Donald Trump, announced in April 2021 that the United States would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 to 52 percent by 2030 compared to 2005 levels.