Biden under pressure to declare climate emergency after Manchin torpedoes bill

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The constraints were underlined last month when the supreme court effectively restricted the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing emissions rules involving matters of major "economic and political significance".
53% :Manchin and Chuck Schumer, the Democratic majority leader in the Senate, had been in talks about $300bn in tax credits for industries including solar and wind power, carbon capture from power plants and nuclear power, which generates virtually emissions-free electricity.
37% : Scientists say that inaction will lead to "irreversible" climate impacts such as heatwaves, floods, wildfires and a mass upheaval of displaced people.
23% : The Washington Post's report noted that some climate activists have argued that declaring an emergency would allow Biden "to halt crude oil exports, limit oil and gas drilling in federal waters, and direct agencies including the Federal Emergency Management Agency to boost renewable-energy sources".

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