{"id":11372,"date":"2021-01-20t23:05:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-20t23:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/biden-inauguration-signals-new-beginning-for-federal-climate-action\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07t19:39:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07t19:39:29","slug":"climate-action-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/climate-action-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"biden inauguration signals new beginning for federal climate action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by&nbsp;nico portuondo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>washington\u2014president joe biden said that the united states is facing \u201ca climate in crisis\u201d among other challenges in his inauguration speech wednesday, marking the beginning of a presidency that promises to take unprecedented action on the global emergency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cwe face an attack on our democracy and on truth. a raging virus, growing inequity, the sting of systemic racism, a climate in crisis, america&#8217;s role in the world,\u201d biden said. \u201cany one of these would be enough to challenge us in profound ways. but the fact is, we face them all at once.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>many environmental activists were relieved to hear biden reinforce his commitment to addressing the climate crisis after former president donald trump consistently played down the threat of climate change over the past four years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cwhat a difference a day makes,\u201d said john no\u00ebl, a senior climate campaigner with greenpeace usa. \u201cwe are at a complete 180 from the trump administration that stressed a borderline criminal approach to climate action and total deference to the fossil fuel industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>biden backed up his rhetoric almost immediately, signing an executive order to return the u.s. to the paris climate agreement and renew its international commitment to reduce carbon emissions in the near future as one of first actions in office. biden also signed executive orders halting the keystone xl pipeline from canada to texas and putting a temporary moratorium on oil and gas leasing activities in the arctic national wildlife refuge, both of which were intensely opposed from environmentalists.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image align-left\" style=\"max-width: 46%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"390\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/climate biden 1 by madison muller.jpg\" \/><figcaption>a supporter of president joe biden celebrates in downtown d.c. on inauguration day. (madison muller\/medill news service)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>he also asked the department of interior to review the deteriorating conditions of the grand staircase-escalante, northeast east canyons, bears ears, and seamounts marine national monuments.<\/p>\n<p>natalie mebane, associate director of united states policy at 350 action, an environmental advocacy political action committee, said she was very pleased with biden\u2019s decisions to rejoin the paris climate agreement and halt the keystone xl pipeline. \u201ci&#8217;ve been fighting keystone since it was proposed back in 2008,\u201d mebane said.<\/p>\n<p>however, the executive order to block the pipeline seemed to irritate sen. john barrasso, r-wyo., a potential forewarning of the backlash biden\u2019s ambitious climate agenda may create among congressional republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cmy concern is, of course, some of the executive orders that are coming, specifically in regard to the keystone xl pipeline \u2013 it was a speech of unity and it\u2019s important to govern that way as well,\u201d barrasso said, referring to biden\u2019s calls for unity in his inauguration speech.<\/p>\n<p>the new president may also face opposition from progressive democrats and activists who want to see much more dramatic action and policy on reducing carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201crejoining the paris agreement is great, but that&#8217;s not the end of the story. a lot of work needs to happen to establish a new identity and then live up to it. revisiting pipeline decisions is fine, but we still have to decarbonize,\u201d said daniel bresette, executive director of environmental and energy study institute.<\/p>\n<p>biden will now embark on an unprecedented climate agenda to make progress on an issue that the president sees as the greatest challenge the country and world faces. his plan includes an investment of $2 trillion in renewable energy and overhauls of transport and manufacturing in the hopes of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>president joe biden said the u.s. is facing \u201ca climate in crisis\u201d&nbsp;in his inauguration speech wednesday, marking the beginning of a presidency that promises action on climate. nico portuondo reports for medill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4916,4899],"tags":[4492,360,144,4494,3828,195],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate","category-policy","tag-biden","tag-climate","tag-climate-change","tag-inauguration","tag-paris-climate-accord","tag-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v23.9 - 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