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The U.S. is back on climate. Now what?
The Biden White House made a splash with its two-day virtual summit, but there are thorny issues to address before the world makes major progress.
President Joe Biden, center, delivers remarks as, from left, National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai listen during day 2 of the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate at the White House on Friday. | Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images
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The United States brought the world’s most important leaders together in an attempt to restore its position as dealmaker and momentum-builder for one of the most vexing global problems.
Some Industries Leery of Biden’s Big-Economies Climate Talks Source: By Dean Scott, Bloomberg Law • Posted: Wednesday, March 3, 2021
President Joe Biden’s pledge to revive talks among the world’s biggest emitting nations has raised concern among some key U.S. industries that they could be on the losing end of any effort to set sector-specific limits on carbon emissions.
Reconvening the Major Economies Forum which the Bush and Obama administrations used in part to push nations to reach a United Nations climate deal in 2015 was tucked into a climate change executive order that Biden issued in January after reversing President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord.
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