President Biden: We can t wait any longer to address climate crisis Share Updated: 6:59 AM CST Jan 28, 2021 By MATTHEW DALY and ELLEN KNICKMEYER
President Biden: We can t wait any longer to address climate crisis Share Updated: 6:59 AM CST Jan 28, 2021
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Show Transcript Good afternoon, everybody. I know the press has just had a long, uh, session with the team here about what we re talking about today and this afternoon. And let me just start by saying I can t tell you how much I appreciate the three people standing next to me here for what they ve agreed to do to help, particularly my best buddy, John Kerry. Asking a former secretary of state to come back and do this has been a as I know, there s a big ask on the part of myself. I was gonna I was gonna blame common for it as well, but for both of us and, uh, but, uh, John s been deeply involved. The sector has been deeply involved in climate issues as a senator and one of
Biden signs sweeping climate orders targeting US oil, gas and coal emissions
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Biden signs executive orders on climate change
President Joe Biden signed executive orders aimed at cutting U.S. oil, gas and coal emissions and doubling energy production from offshore wind turbines.
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden signed a slew of executive orders Wednesday aimed at tackling climate change, cutting America’s oil, gas and coal emissions and doubling energy production from offshore wind turbines part of his agenda to combat and prioritize the climate crisis at the federal level.
The orders pause new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters, and target fossil fuel subsidies but will likely face intense opposition from oil and gas and power plant industries.
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AP sources: Biden to pause oil and gas sales on public lands
FILE - In this April 9, 2014, file photo, oil rigs stand in the Loco Hills field on U.S. Highway 82 in Eddy County near Artesia, N.M., one of the most active regions of the Permian Basin. President Joe Biden is set to announce a wide-ranging moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on U.S. lands, as his administration moves quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment and address climate change. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, File)
President Joe Biden answers questions from reporters in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden is set to announce a wide-ranging moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on U.S. lands and waters, as his administration moves quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment and address climate change.
The drilling moratorium is among several climate-related actions Biden is outlining Wednesday, according to two people with knowledge of his plans, who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of the announcement. Biden also is likely to direct officials to conserve 30% of the country’s lands and ocean waters in the next 10 years, initiate a series of regulatory actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and elevate climate change to a national security priority. The conservation plan would set aside millions of acres for recreation, wildlife and climate efforts by 2030, part of Biden’s campaign pledge for a $2 trillion program to slow global warming.