Biden moves fast on climate plan
The president has signed a series of executive orders to advance his climate policies, but Senate Republicans remain an obstacle
President Joe Biden has moved quickly and aggressively through a series of executive actions to launch a US government-wide effort to combat climate change, after the Trump administration gutted Obama-era initiatives to fight the crisis. However, Biden still needs to find ways to work with, or around, Congress to secure $2tn to fund his clean energy plan to help his administration meet its twin goals of decarbonising the power sector by 2035 and achieving net-zero emissions for the US as a whole 15 years later. Week one Within hours of taking the oath of office, Biden signed executive orders to have the US rejoin the Paris Agreement, cancel the controversial Keystone XL oil sands pipeline f
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