Biden takes steps to put US on irreversible path to net zero economy by 2050
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Last Updated: Jan 27, 2021, 10:59 PM IST
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The president set ambitious goals that will ensure that the US and the world can meet the urgent demands of the climate crisis, while empowering American workers and businesses to lead a clean energy revolution that achieves a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035 and puts the country on an irreversible path to a net-zero economy by 2050 , the White House said.
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Setting ambitious goals that will ensure that the US can meet the urgent demands of the climate crisis, President Joe Biden will take steps which will put the country on an irreversible path to a net zero economy by 2050, the White House said on Wednesday.
Biden takes steps to put US on irreversible path to net zero economy by 2050
By Mansoor| Published: 27th January 2021 9:18 pm IST Photo: Joe Biden serving as the 46th resident of the United States of America (Source: PTI)
Washington: Setting ambitious goals that will ensure that the US can meet the urgent demands of the climate crisis, President Joe Biden will take steps which will put the country on an “irreversible path” to a net-zero economy by 2050, the White House said on Wednesday.
Biden on Wednesday is set to sign a series of executive orders and take steps to tackle climate change and transition America to a clean energy economy, it said.
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Date: 27 May 2021
Ordering a halt to new oil and gas leases on public lands, President Biden elevated climate change to a national-security priority Wednesday as part of what he is billing a “whole-of-government” approach.
President Joe Biden signs an executive order on climate change, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON (CN) President Joe Biden took an aggressive stab at tackling climate change and preserving federal lands in a suite of executive actions signed Wednesday, moving quickly to reverse environmental and energy policies from the last administration.
“In my view, we’ve already waited too long to deal with this climate crisis. We can’t wait any longer,” Biden said at an afternoon press conference before he signed the orders. “We see it with our own eyes. We feel it. We know it in our bones. And it’s time to act.”