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oon after his inauguration in January, Joe Biden began his tenure by signing a series of executive actions to combat climate change, promising to restore scientific integrity and evidencebased policy-making. Just a week into his presidency, the president called climate change an “existential threat” calling all stakeholders to rise up and take action. “We can’t wait any longer. We know what to do. We’ve just got to do it.” The president’s ambitious plans are to see the country meet its urgent demands for clean energy by 2050. The executive orders he signed into effect will tackle the climate crisis in America transitioning the country to a clean energy economy. the president’s plans also ensure that millions of Americans and business are empowered to lead the nation in a clean energy revolution that will achieve a carbon-free power grid by the year 2035, thus putting the country “on an irreversible path to a net-zero economy by 2050”, the White House said.
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“Today’s actions advance those goals and ensure that we are tapping into the talent, grit, and innovation of American workers, revitalizing the US energy sector, conserving our natural resources and leveraging them to help drive our nation toward a clean energy future, creating well-paying jobs with the opportunity to join a union, and delivering justice for communities who have been subjected to environmental harm,”- the White House. CAN JOE BIDEN MAKE GOOD ON HIS PROMISE? THIS REMAINS TO BE SEEN! Whether he will be able to achieve his climate agenda- which by the way is the most aggressive agenda to ever be put forward by a leading U.S. Presidentremains to be seen considering the fact that the president will be trending facing a powerful formidable Republican opposition in the congress. But so far, the actions he 16
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BIDEN TAKES STEPS TO PUT THE US ON AN ‘IRREVERSIBLE PATH’ TO A NET-ZERO ECONOMY BY 2050
