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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, if He Gets One

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Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, if He Gets One

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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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If the president wins re-election, his climate team is likely to try to cut greenhouse gases from steel, cement and other hard-to-clean-up manufacturing.
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    The US political system is designed to protect the prerogatives of the wealthy. It takes a sustained majority over time to overcome that. We’ve gotten to the point where there has been significant but not yet sufficient action:

    • Biden cut the issuance of drilling leases to the minimum required by law
    • Signed the Inflation Reduction Act
    • enacted a regulation to force vehicle electrification into law
    • passed a regulation to force fossil fuels out of most power plants

    The Washington Post has a much more complete list

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