{"id":138871,"date":"2024-12-19T19:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138871"},"modified":"2024-12-19T19:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:04:06","slug":"biden-just-unveiled-americas-ambitious-new-climate-goal-trump-will-assuredly-undo-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138871","title":{"rendered":"Biden just unveiled America\u2019s ambitious new climate goal. Trump will assuredly undo it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhle9l003l26nmdbek6j1d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Biden administration just announced an aggressive target for the US to cut its planet-warming pollution over the next decade \u2013 a goal that will all but assuredly be reversed by President-elect Donald Trump in his first days in office.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm37600033b6md7epjv3g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The ambitious new target aims to cut US climate pollution to 61-66% below 2005 levels by 2035, which would have been a challenge even if voters had elected another Democratic president. Trump has said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/03\/climate\/trump-v-biden-climate-stakes\/index.html\">he intends to drill for more oil and gas<\/a>, shred federal climate regulations and seek to overturn Biden\u2019s clean energy law.<strong> <\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm37600043b6mpc4z1mb2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A new target is required every five years by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/25\/climate\/cop-failures-future\/index.html\">international Paris Agreement<\/a>, which Trump has promised to once again pull the US out of. Biden made climate one of the centerpieces of his presidency \u2013 by announcing the US target well before its February 2025 due date, the administration is signaling the path America should strive to take against the headwinds of an anti-climate Trump administration.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm37600053b6mg65nbsle@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe\u2019re confident in America\u2019s ability to rally around this new climate goal, because while the US federal government under President Trump may put climate action on the back burner, the work to contain climate change is going to continue in the United States with commitment and passion and belief,\u201d White House senior adviser John Podesta told reporters. \u201cThat\u2019s not wishful thinking. It\u2019s happened before.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm37600063b6mf4sivct2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Some independent analysis is not as optimistic. If Trump successfully repeals Biden\u2019s climate law and unravels key regulations, the US will only be able to cut pollution 24-40% below 2005 levels in the next decade, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/rhg.com\/research\/trump-2-0-whats-in-store-for-us-energy-and-climate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nonpartisan climate think tank Rhodium Group<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm37600073b6m6c4t0vcw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cFor this new, very ambitious target for 2035, we\u2019re not on track \u2013 and we are likely to be further off track under a Trump administration,\u201d said Kate Larsen, who leads Rhodium\u2019s international energy and climate research.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm37600083b6mx4jx1fh0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Larsen noted the US cut its emissions under Trump\u2019s first term and said it\u2019s likely to do so again. But the pace of cutting planet-warming pollution is really what matters, she noted.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm37600093b6m8ha8av0p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cEvery year we delay taking sufficiently ambitious action means that in subsequent years we\u2019ll need to go even further, faster,\u201d Larsen said. \u201cA lack of new policy, the inability to defend the policy that we have in place today, will undermine those efforts.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm376000a3b6m36e7y890@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Senior Biden administration officials said their ambitious goal considered the fact that the Trump administration is likely to sprint the other way and leans heavily on states and businesses stepping up.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm376000b3b6mkbe5415m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Climate modelers said there is wild uncertainty on what the next four years will bring for US climate policy. It is unclear whether Trump will be able to convince congressional Republicans to kill Biden\u2019s clean energy law, which is pouring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/16\/climate\/clean-energy-investment-republicans\/index.html\">billions of dollars and thousands of jobs into GOP districts<\/a>. Renewables like wind and solar are far cheaper than fossil fuels, and the number of electric vehicles on the roads is growing.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm376000c3b6mfwahs5o3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe need to be moving as fast as possible on climate. But I think that some amount of progress is baked in,\u201d said Robbie Orvis, senior director of modeling and analysis at think tank Energy Innovation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm376000d3b6mv6b5k7jb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Biden oversaw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/14\/business\/climate-clean-energy-jobs-biden\/index.html\">a historic climate and clean energy bill<\/a> and directing his federal agencies to release ambitious regulations cutting greenhouse gases from vehicles, power plants and oil and gas operations.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm376000e3b6mj8289j2b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a statement, Biden said he was \u201cproud\u201d of overseeing \u201cthe boldest climate agenda in American history.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm376000f3b6mkgxj0sz2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But the US is on track to fall short of the goal Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/22\/politics\/white-house-climate-summit\/index.html\">announced at the beginning<\/a> of his presidency \u2013 cutting 45% of its climate pollution by the end of this decade, rather than the 50-52% laid out in the target.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm376000g3b6mwb8pnfq5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The US isn\u2019t the only climate laggard. Scientists say that most countries are not getting off fossil fuels fast enough to stop dramatic warming of the planet. Data shows<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/06\/climate\/warmest-year-on-record\/index.html\"> 2024 will be the hottest year on record<\/a> and the first calendar year to exceed the Paris Agreement threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm376000h3b6mnee4pdoe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Experts said it\u2019s key for the Biden administration to set a strong goal \u2013 even if Trump claws it back \u2013 as other high-polluting countries, including China, prepare their own climate targets.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm376000i3b6mbm590tau@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI think it\u2019s a really important signal,\u201d Larsen said. \u201cThe US is demonstrating that we are there as partners with the rest of the world, setting that that long term vision \u2013 even if we for the next four years won\u2019t have a full federal government organized around achieving that.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm376000j3b6mxlq3nhe5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Climate experts are now looking to individual states to build clean energy and implement climate action. While California and New York are signaling ambitious climate actions of their own, clean energy is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/15\/climate\/climate-law-trump-republicans\/index.html\">booming in red states<\/a>. Texas is generating by far the most electricity from wind power and is fast deploying battery energy storage. Electric vehicle manufacturing is booming in southern states like Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina \u2013 spurred in large part by Biden\u2019s law.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uhm376000k3b6mzedbbwyn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe have this small but not insignificant contingent of House Republicans who are openly talking about needing to protect [the law],\u201d Orvis said. \u201cIt\u2019s because it\u2019s delivering jobs and savings for households.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/19\/climate\/biden-new-climate-goal-paris-trump-climate\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 The Biden administration just announced an aggressive target for the US to cut its planet-warming pollution over the next decade \u2013 a goal that will all but assuredly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138871\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}