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Biden to rejoin Paris climate accord in one of his first acts as new US President
New US President Joe Biden will announce America’s return to the Paris agreement to fight climate change on Wednesday, which is the centerpiece of a number of day-one executive orders aimed at restoring US leadership in combatting global warming.
Biden to rejoin Paris climate accord in one of his first acts as new US President Published on Eiffel Tower Paris Credit: Denna, MorgueFile
New US President Joe Biden will announce America’s return to the Paris agreement to fight climate change on Wednesday, which is the centerpiece of a number of day-one executive orders aimed at restoring US leadership in combatting global warming.
Biden to review Trump s changes to national monuments
by Brady McCombs And Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 20, 2021 2:23 pm EDT
Last Updated Jan 20, 2021 at 2:28 pm EDT
SALT LAKE CITY President Joe Biden said Wednesday he plans to review the Trump administration’s downsizing of two sprawling national monuments in the American Southwest, including one on lands considered sacred to Native Americans who joined environmental groups in suing when the boundaries were redrawn in 2017.
The new Democratic president also plans to ask the Department of the Interior to reassess a rule change that allowed commercial fishing at a marine conservation area off the New England coast. The move was heralded by fishing groups and decried by environmentalists.
More than 100 local elected officials across the West are calling on the incoming Biden administration and 117th Congress to address the climate crisis, protect public lands and support Western