To the Editor:
The day President Biden signed the sweeping executive orders on climate change was one of the happiest days of my life, on a par with the day I got married, the day I bought my dream home, the day I officially became an American citizen.
Exaggeration? Not when I have worked for 20 years to get our institutions to be more sustainable and advocated for policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Not when I cried thinking about all the species that have become and will become extinct. Not when I am terrified by the prospect of devastating storms and wildfires every year.
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A destroyed home is seen in the aftermath of both Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta, in Grand Lake, La., Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Gov. John Bel Edwards is asking President Joe Biden for $3 billion to help Louisiana with its ongoing recovery from the 2020 hurricanes, saying Tuesday that he’s filed a request with the new White House similar to the unfulfilled ask he made of the prior administration.
The Democratic governor talked of the block grant assistance he’s seeking during a trip to hard-hit Lake Charles to discuss the work to recover from Hurricanes Laura and Delta. Congressional approval is needed if the state is to receive the money.
Biden orders sweeping actions to pause federal oil leasing and fight climate change Author: Anna M. Phillips and Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times Updated: January 28 Published January 27
U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive orders after speaking about climate change issues in the State Dining Room of the White House on Jan. 27, 2021 in Washington, D.C. President Biden signed several executive orders related to the climate change crisis on Wednesday, including one directing a pause on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands. Also pictured, left to right, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and White House Science Advisor Eric Lander. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is asking President Joe Biden for $3 billion to help Louisiana with its ongoing recovery from the 2020 hurricanes, saying