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babylonsister

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 10:00 AM Nov 2020

Biden expected to issue swift reversals on climate


Biden expected to issue swift reversals on climate
By Rebecca Beitsch and Rachel Frazin - 11/10/20 06:00 AM EST


Early action on climate change from President-elect Joe Biden is likely to start with a series of executive orders reversing President Trump’s environmental policies, laying the groundwork for an administration that has vowed to sharply curb emissions.

Environmentalists are optimistic about Biden’s climate agenda, particularly given his remarks on the topic both before and after the election. On Saturday, after he surged across the 270 electoral vote threshold, Biden cited “the battle to save the climate” among his top five priorities, calling for the nation to “marshal the forces of science” along with decency, hope and fairness.

“The fact that climate has made it into every speech -- it’s one of top issues on the transition website -- I think that really bodes well for taking the federal agencies and shaking them by their shoulders and turning them into the light,” said Nada Culver, an attorney with the Audubon Society.

“And that's exciting because without that commitment it's difficult to move a big bureaucracy forward. There’s a lot to be done. We’ve lost four years when we could have been doing important work,” Culver added.


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Strangely enough... jmowreader Nov 2020 #1

jmowreader

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1. Strangely enough...
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:38 PM
Nov 2020

The first thing I would do in this regard is reverse the Trump cancellation of the water flow regulations. He was just so proud to have gotten rid of them (claiming that dishwashers would work better with higher flow, when it really only means the dishwasher fills up a little faster) and putting them back would be like a tweaked nose.

Oh, and then I'd put him in the slammer for tax fraud.

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