We’re in a do-or-die moment on climate legislation. Six months into his term, is Biden getting the job done.
fossil fuels — and recently called the efforts to eliminate fossil fuels “very, very disturbing.”
Organized labor, for example, is traditionally a major ally of the Democratic Party, but unionized workers with interests in the fossil fuel industry — like oil and gas, utilities, and car manufacturers — are hesitant to support policies that would end the use of fossil fuels. Effectively, “the fossil fuel industry gets dual representation in Congress,” NoiseCat says. First, the corporations themselves, which are a key constituency of the Republican Party, and then through unions.
Others worry that in a moment that requires the full weight of the federal government behind it, the Biden administration isn’t using all of the tools at its disposal. The legislative and executive branches can be looked at as a carrot and a stick. Ideally, the government would be using the legislative effort as a sort of “carrot” — offering tax breaks and incentives to industry to make changes that would reduce their carbon emissions.
“If the agencies were to regulate at the same time as Congress,” says Hartl, “Congress would be able to assert their prerogative, and engage more.” If the agencies wait, however, “they’ve effectively lost a year.” Regulations on methane emissions have also been reinstated , the Keystone XL pipeline halted, and protections restored for the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. “We have a lot of people working in good faith right now, a lot more than we’ve ever had on climate,” says Stokes.
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