Speculation that the president would soon declare a climate emergency increased when it was announced that he will visit the Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, Mass., on Wednesday to give a speech about climate change. “We are considering all options, and no decision has been made.” “The president made clear that if the Senate doesn’t act to tackle the climate crisis and strengthen our domestic clean energy industry, he will,” a White House official said in a statement. Later that evening, the Washington Post reported that the White House is indeed considering doing so. The most dramatic option that Merkley wants Biden to take is to declare a national emergency on climate. We have the forest fires … and we have a huge impact on our fishing, both in our streams and offshore.”
We have the red zone where the pine beetles are killing the pine trees. “We have massive droughts that are destroying our farmers. and in Europe, Merkley argued that climate change is no longer a future threat but an already unfolding disaster. “There is probably nothing more important for our nation and for our world than for the United States to drive a bold, energetic transition in its energy economy from fossil fuels to renewable energy,” Merkley said.Īmid record-breaking heat waves in the Western U.S. Many of these, such as using the Defense Production Act to build up domestic clean energy manufacturing capacity, are extensions and expansions of moves Biden has already begun to make. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., held a press conference to ask Biden to explore a range of actions to reduce climate pollution. (Evan Vucci/Pool via AP)īut such a creative use of the relevant federal law would also undoubtedly trigger lawsuits from fossil fuel companies and Republicans.
Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2021.
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