President Biden on Wednesday announced a set of new actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the wake of a setback from his legislative agenda.
Climate change is a threat to the U.S. and the world, according to Biden. The Brayton Point plant is being renovated into a manufacturing plant for the underwater cables needed to bring offshore wind power to customers.
In the coming days my administration will announce the executive actions we have developed.
Two new measures to adapt to climate change were released by the White House. The Department of Health and Human Services is issuing guidance to allow the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to be used by local governments.
The Department of the Interior is proposing a 700,000-acre area for the development of offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico.
Recent defeats for Biden's efforts to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by half are the reason for the moves. A budget reconciliation bill that contained new spending to subsidize clean energy and electric vehicles was not supported by Sen. Joe Manchin, a centrist Democrat from the coal- and gas-laden state of West Virginia. Prescription drug pricing reform was included in a bill passed by the House last fall. The bill is doomed due to Manchin's stance in the Senate. If next month's economic indicators show inflation easing, Manchin will be willing to reconsider his opposition.
After over a year of negotiations with Manchin, the White House has decided to use the full force of the executive branch in order to avoid upsetting the senator. Biden said in a statement last week that he would take strong executive action if the Senate did not tackle the climate crisis. The start of that effort was marked by his speech on Wednesday.
Climate change activists want the president to declare a national emergency to reduce fossil fuel use and increase clean energy capacity. A move is being considered by the White House.
Climate change has been referred to as an emergency by Biden. He said that a formal declaration might be coming.
Climate change is an emergency according to Biden. In the coming weeks, I will use my power as president to turn these words into official government actions, through the appropriate executive orders and regulatory powers that a president possesses.
Climate change iswreaking havoc in the United States and around the world. Europe is suffering through an intense heat wave with new high temperature records being set. There have been thousands of deaths as a result. The western U.S. has a temperature of 115 degrees in Texas and Oklahoma. The weather on Wednesday is expected to be 90 degrees. 100 million Americans are under a heat alert.
The results of climate disruption were noted by Biden.
Biden said that extreme weather is already damaging military installations in the U.S.
The West is suffering from persistent dry conditions. The Great Salt Lake and the Colorado River are no longer usable.
A heat dome, a climate change-related phenomenon, brought heat to parts of the Upper Midwest.
The location where Biden spoke was a former coal plant that was so notorious for pollution it topped a list of the most harmful plants in the state. The new factory there will employ as many people as the coal plant did, according to Biden.
Climate change is something I think about when I think about it. Biden thought about jobs.
Even though the president has an array of powers to accelerate the energy transition at the margins, such as tightening regulations on the conventional pollutants caused by fossil fuel, Biden's authority was limited last month by the Supreme Court.
Biden urged governors to do everything they can to mitigate climate change because states have more latitude in regulating power plants.
Biden said, "We all have a duty right now: to our economy, to our competiveness in the world, to our young people."
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