WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, from campaign trail through his first year in office, declared himself a climate-forward leader.
He promised to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030, and aimed to hit net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Both goals are vital to avoiding the most disastrous effects of climate change, according to the latest U.N. climate report.
It’s been months since Biden’s $1.7 trillion "Build Back Better" plan stalled on Capitol Hill, including an unprecedented $555 billion to move the nation away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy.
