By Teagan King
Less than a month into his presidency, President Joe Biden has already begun acting on his promises to address climate change. Some local environmentalist groups say the federal effort may not reach as far as Columbia.
A main component of Biden’s campaign was his environmental policy. As part of this policy, he promised to “make a $2 trillion accelerated investment, with a plan to deploy those resources over his first term.”
Much of this plan has to deal with making wide-reaching changes to the U.S. energy industry. For example, Biden hopes to help the US “achieve a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035,” and reach a “100% clean energy economy and … net-zero emissions no later than 2050.”