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Biden aims to cement US credibility on climate and galvanize world leaders at virtual summit
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Kevin Liptak, CNN
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(CNN) President Joe Biden s ability to galvanize global momentum faces its first major test this week when he convenes 40 of his foreign counterparts for talks on combating the climate crisis.
At the virtual summit s center will be an aggressive new pledge to halve US carbon emissions, according to administration officials, a target number that has come to symbolize the new President s commitment to stave off global warming.
But at a broader level, the two-day summit that takes place on Thursday and Friday will amount to an attempt at reasserting American leadership to a world that s grown skeptical of promises from US leaders that can be easily reversed as soon as a new president enters office or can be quickly stymied by a gridlocked Congress. Some Biden administration officials have expressed conc
White House offers businesses new tax credit to help spur vaccinations
It would provide up to $511 per day, per employee for firms with fewer than 500 workers.
By ZEKE MILLERAssociated Press
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WASHINGTON President Biden on Wednesday announced new employer tax credits and other steps to encourage people reluctant to be inoculated to get the COVID-19 vaccine as his administration tries to overcome diminishing demand for the shots. The moves came as Biden celebrated reaching his latest goal of administering 200 million coronavirus doses in his first 100 days in office.
With more than 50 percent of adults at least partially vaccinated and roughly 28 million vaccine doses being delivered each week, demand has eclipsed supply as the constraining factor to vaccinations in much of the country.