The president who entered the White House last year with the most ambitious climate agenda in history is struggling to notch major wins. His progressive base is losing patience
The president who entered the White House last year with the most ambitious climate agenda in history is struggling to notchJoe Biden elevated climate change to one of the top four issues for his administration, along with battling the pandemic, rebuilding the economy and fighting racism.
The Biden administration is aware of the Democratic base’s disappointment with the stalling of their signature climate package. “We understand people’s frustration,”Thursday. “Would we all like to be running faster and faster? Yes, we would. And we fully intend to be running faster and faster.” Other regulations that could put teeth in Biden’s climate policies, such as imposing limits on methane pollution from sources like oil and gas wells, are still wending their way through the rulemaking process and are virtually certain to draw legal challenges.
His international climate envoy, John Kerry, marshaled progress at U.N. global climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, in November by leading a global pledge of more than 100 countries vowing to reduce emissions of the potent pollutant methane 30 percent by 2030. But Jamal Raad, co-founder and executive director of Evergreen Action, an environmental group, said he worries Democrats aren’t committed to that strategy,
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