Climate Change Dispatch by Dave Boyer on Jan 27, 2021.
‘War On Energy’: Biden Signs Executive Order Pushing Radical Climate Agenda
President Biden is signing executive orders on Wednesday requiring the government to prioritize climate change and “environmental justice†in all federal decisions, and suspending new leases for oil and gas drilling on federal lands, moves that critics say are costing thousands of jobs already in the energy field.
Republicans said the Biden administration had begun its “war on energy.â€
Special climate envoy John F. Kerry said Mr. Biden’s actions are urgently needed to make up for what he called the damaging policies of former President Trump, who advanced U.S. oil and gas production to a position of global dominance.
Clearly referring to Mr. Trump, Mr. Kerry said the Biden administration’s moves on climate and clean energy will be so broad and coordinated with foreign capitals that “no one political person in the future would be able to undo what the planet is going to be organizing over these next months and years.â€
“This is the start of something new,†Mr. Kerry said at the White House. “This is an issue where failure literally is not an option. 2021 is going to be the year that really makes up for the lost time of the last four years.â€
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