President Joe Biden announced an ambitious new national climate target at the world leaders’ climate summit on April 22. He pledged to cut U.S. carbon emissions in half by the end of this decade - a drop of 50-52% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels - and aim for net zero emissions by 2050.
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The new goal is a big deal because it formally brings together the many different ideas on infrastructure, the budget, federal regulatory policy and disparate actions in the states and industry for transforming the U.S. economy into a highly competitive, yet very green giant. It also signals to the rest of the world that “America is back and prepared to work on climate change.
Speaking during a TV interview, Bolsonaro declined to go into details into what he is preparing.
But he then said: If we were to have problems, we have a plan of how to enter the field. Our armed forces could one day go into the streets.
The comments by Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain who has long praised Brazil s two-decade military dictatorship, will do little to assuage critics who fret about his politicisation of the military.
Others worry about his commitment to a peaceful handover of power in the event of a tight result in next year s presidential election.
Brazil s Bolsonaro says military would follow his orders to take the streetsBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that if he were to order the military to take the streets and restore order, the order will be followed, raising fresh questions about his politicization of the armed forces.
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