Severe drought in the Western U.S. means water will get more expensive, as will the crops that depend on it. Meanwhile, too much water will be the result of more destructive storms. Both are made worse by human-caused climate change, said a Catholic expert.
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President Joe Biden, joined by Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese, attends the Leaders Summit on Climate April 22 in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House photo/Adam Schultz)
Cleveland Faith-based organizations working to address climate change and strengthen creation care initiatives are being heard again by the federal government.
Since President Joe Biden took office Jan. 20 and began shifting federal priorities toward achieving a greener country and addressing environmental justice in poor, minority and Indigenous communities, the organizations see a new opening for cooperation and dialogue.
Jan. 21, 2021 Catholic News Service WASHINGTON On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders and proclamations aimed at undoing policies set in place by his predecessor, Donald Trump. Some of Trump s executive orders undone by Biden s actions Jan. 20 were themselves reversals of policies by other past presidents. Biden boosted the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program put in place by Trump s predecessor, Barack Obama, and which Trump sought unsuccessfully to end. Also, the 46th president revoked the Trump administration s bid to exclude noncitizens from the decennial U.S. census count. We welcome the Executive Order from @POTUS to preserve and strengthen #DACA, said a Jan. 21 tweet posted by Kevin Ryan, president of Covenant House. We urge Congress to act quickly and pass legislation that provides permanent protection, including a path to citizenship, for #Dreamers.
Editor s note: This story has been updated with additional comments from bishops and Catholic Relief Services.
In one of his first acts in office, President Joe Biden began the process for the U.S. to rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change and to reestablish the scores of environmental regulations undone by his predecessor in the Oval Office.
Biden, seated at the Resolute Desk in the West Wing of the White House, signed the notice to re-enter the Paris accord Jan. 20 just hours after taking the oath of office. It was later deposited with the United Nations, and under the agreement, will take effect in 30 days, or Feb. 19. The U.S. will also have to submit a new greenhouse gas emissions-reduction plan.