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Have Biden’s climate pledges just been killed off?

Have Biden’s climate pledges just been killed off?

Science Weekly vor 4 Jahren

Ian Sample speaks to Prof Elizabeth Bomberg about recent developments that have hobbled the US government on climate action

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US president Joe Biden campaigned on climate issues, but recent
events may have sounded a death knell for his promises. Last week,
his attempts to pass sweeping climate legislation were thwarted –
by a senator in his own party. And in June, a landmark US Supreme
Court ruling has greatly limited the federal government’s ability
to regulate emissions from the fossil fuel industry. So where does
that leave the Democrats’ climate plans? Ian Sample speaks to Prof
Elizabeth Bomberg about what these developments mean for the Biden
administration and the rest of the world. Help support our
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