The American president intends to act, while Congress refuses to vote on his environmental proposals.
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The American president wants to act. Joe Biden, paralyzed in Congress and limited by the Supreme Court, nevertheless tried on Wednesday to revive his climate promises, announcing new regulatory measures at a time when a heat wave is suffocating the United States and several European countries.
Our children and grandchildren are counting on us to confront climate change.
The world is counting on us.
This is the United States of America. When we put our hearts and minds to it, there’s nothing beyond our capacity. pic.twitter.com/3g6IOBYgqO
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 21, 2022
Climate change is “a clear and immediate danger” as well as a “existential threat to our nation and the world”said the American president. “The health of our fellow citizens is at stake”as well as “our national security” and “our economy”he added, visiting Massachusetts, at the site of a former highly polluting coal-fired power plant, closed since 2017 and in the process of being converted to wind energy.
“Because Congress is not doing what it should”regretted the 79-year-old Democrat, who has just suffered a serious parliamentary setback on his environmental reform program, “I will use my executive powers”. Among the executive orders presented Wednesday: additional funds to help protect regions facing extreme heat and measures to boost wind power production in the United States.
The White House says it is determined to keep its climate commitments, in particular the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Joe Biden, who returned to the Paris climate agreement left by his predecessor Donald Trump, announced in April 2021 that the United States would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 to 52% by 2030 , compared to 2005.