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The Los Angeles Times editorial board published a piece Friday calling on President Biden to declare a climate emergency, which would empower him to utilize more executive authority to curb carbon emissions in the United States.
The editors pondered whether the Inflation Reduction Act, which just passed exclusively by Democrats in the Senate with Vice President Kamala Harris’s tiebreaking vote, would appease Biden’s appetite for a green energy agenda and determine further, more heavy-handed executive regulations.
“With congressional action now looking more likely, will Biden’s promise to confront the climate crisis with presidential proclamations, executive orders and regulatory power go unfulfilled?” the editors asked.
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US President Joe Biden speaks at the former Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Biden announced executive action to confront climate change, including plans to steer federal dollars to heat-ravaged communities, though he’s holding off for now on an emergency decree that would allow him to marshal sweeping powers against global warming.
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“The [climate change] threat now is so dire that we need Biden to deliver on his pledge,” they wrote. “That means using every executive and administrative power legally…
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