Democratic senator wants Biden to declare climate 'national emergency,' aggressively wield executive power
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Sen. Jeff Merkley is calling on President-elect Joe Biden to employ "bold executive action" to address climate change, urging unilateral changes to transportation and spending on alternative energy. "The climate crisis is an emergency, and President-elect Joe Biden needs to treat it that way," Merkley, D-Ore., said in a Washington Post op-ed Monday. "That means using every tool available to him, including declaring a national climate emergency and using emergency powers to take unilateral executive action." He a...
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