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(15,507 posts)He's going right for the heart of darkness - the fossil fuel industry. Yes, I am having a sad/mad today because the Senate f'ed it up, but this does not diminish the importance of Biden's action as an indication of his determination to END the fossil fuel insanity.
He's demanding every agency put the climate crisis on its agenda! With Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary and Haaland as Secretary of the Interior and a huge infrastructure bill on deck - AOC's Green New Deal may be enacted on a faster than she thought possible timetable.
A FIFTY PERCENT reduction in child poverty over a few year's time - that makes me cry with joy. Activists fighting for a reduction in child poverty were hoping to reduce it by one-third over a 10-year period. 50% in less than half of that time frame is jaw-dropping!!!