Biden Stops Short of Declaring National Climate Emergency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% :Biden's newly announced actions track with part of the Center's executive action plan, which urges FEMA to direct funding toward renewable-energy systems in environmental justice communities.
61% : Biden can also direct the Environmental Protection Agency to establish national limits for greenhouse gases at 350 ppm of carbon dioxide under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards program of the Clean Air Act.
40% : But today's announcement contains none of the urgently needed actions to limit oil, gas and coal production, responsible for 85% of planet-heating pollution.
22% : Biden and his federal agencies also have extensive ordinary executive powers to limit oil, gas and coal, long the essential missing piece of climate policy.

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