What would happen if Biden declared a climate emergency?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The European Union, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand have already taken this step, as have nearly 2,250 jurisdictions and local governments around the world.
41% : Think of Biden's executive order on abortion and contraceptives following the repeal of Roe v. Wade as an analogy for how ineffectual the approach of executive action can be compared to judicial or legislative action.
41% : Legal Planet suggests that the White House could effectively suspend all oil drilling on federal land, as all leases have clauses that allow them to be temporarily shut down during an emergency.
33% : President Biden's Build Back Better Act failed to pass, and negotiations for a new spending bill that includes funds for clean energy has been stifled by coal kingpin Joe Manchin.
27% : Su says that Biden could direct the agency to ban the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure in vulnerable communities to address climate-related disasters, as well as push for new construction of renewable energy systems to make those areas more resistant to natural disasters.

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