Report: Joe Biden May Call for a ‘Climate Emergency’ This Week

Report: Joe Biden May Call for a ‘Climate Emergency’ This Week

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by Charlie Spiering

President Joe Biden may call for a national climate emergency this week in the wake of his Build Back Better plan imploding.

At the close of last week, moderate Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) refused to go forward with his party’s economic package, citing its climate and energy programs as well as its raising of taxes on wealthy Americans. As the New York Timesreported, Manchin effectively shattered Biden’s “ambitious climate agenda,” which aimed to be “the largest single federal investment in American history toward addressing the toll of climate change.”

“Without action by Congress, it will be impossible to meet Mr. Biden’s goal of cutting U.S. emissions roughly in half by the end of this decade,” noted the Times. “That target was aimed at keeping the planet to stabilize the climate at about 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming compared to preindustrial levels.”

Defeated and with few options left, sources close to the White House confirmed to the Washington Post about the president’s desire to declare a climate emergency this week and announce “a slew of additional actions aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions.” Read the rest at breitbart.com.

Related Article: Joe Biden Plans Massachusetts Trip to Promote Executive Green New Deal After Climate Dreams Stall in Congress.

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