Why Biden Is Hedging On A Climate Emergency Declaration

12 Aug 2023 | Abstracted from The Week

"While Biden's list of environmental actions is significant in its own right, an official climate emergency declaration would unlock a suite of federal funds and executive actions to bolster the government's climate change agenda.

"...they also belie a fundamental reality for this administration: Republican opposition to more sweeping actions such as a full emergency declaration..."

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