Biden holds off -- for now -- on climate emergency declaration

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : It would allow Biden to redirect spending to accelerate renewable energy such as wind and solar power and speed the nation's transition away from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas.
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46% : But since Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., hit pause on negotiations over climate spending and taxes last week, the public attention has shifted to a presidential emergency declaration and what the Biden administration could do with the newfound powers.
39% : Declaration of a climate emergency would be similar to one issued by former President Donald Trump boosting construction of a southern border wall.
37% : The declaration also could be used as a legal basis to block oil and gas drilling or other projects, although such actions would likely be challenged in court by energy companies or Republican-led states.
36% : Some proposals included ramping up regulations on vehicle emissions and power plants, reinstating a ban on crude oil exports and suspending new leases for oil drilling on federal lands and waters.

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