Biden vowing ‘strong’ climate action despite dual setbacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is promising “strong executive action” to combat climate change, despite dual setbacks in recent weeks that have restricted his ability to regulate carbon emissions and boost clean energy such as wind and solar power.

The Supreme Court last month limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Then late Thursday, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he wants to delay sweeping environmental legislation that Democrats have pushed as central to achieving Biden’s ambitious climate goals.

Some advocates urged Biden to use the moment to declare a national climate emergency and reinstate a ban on crude oil exports, among other steps.

Declaring a climate emergency would allow Biden to redirect spending to accelerate renewable energy such as wind and solar and speed the nation’s transition away from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas.

Climate advocates, including some of Manchin’s Democratic colleagues in the Senate, said Manchin’s announcement that he cannot back the climate provisions in the Senate bill — at least for now — frees Biden of the obligation to cater to a powerful, coal-state senator eager to protect his energy-producing home state. Manchin’s vote is decisive in the evenly divided Senate, where Republicans unanimously oppose climate action.

“Free at last. Let’s roll. Do it all and start it now,″ tweeted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. who has long pushed stronger action on climate. “With legislative climate options now closed, it’s now time for executive Beast Mode,″ Whitehouse wrote.

“Free at last. Let’s roll. Do it all and start it now,″ tweeted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. who has long pushed stronger action on climate. “With legislative climate options now closed, it’s now time for executive Beast Mode,″ Whitehouse wrote.

21 posted on 07/16/2022 8:32:21 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)

Hey MATTHEW DALY (D-AP) - Joe Biden is senile. Please make the effort to talk to the real people who are making the decisions rather than quoting the puppet.

24 posted on 07/16/2022 9:12:26 AM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats: White Liberal Elites and Black Liberal Thugs - two groups who deserve each other.)

Yeah; there is no climate crisis but there is a Marxist democrat douchebag crisis.

26 posted on 07/16/2022 9:58:07 AM PDT by Boomer ( George Orwell: “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”)

“Biden vowing ‘strong’ climate action despite dual setbacks”

driving the world economy into a depression is easy enough to do and would do the job ...

27 posted on 07/16/2022 11:25:46 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)

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