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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
It’s no secret that President Biden plans to prioritize action on climate change. During his presidential campaign, Biden identified climate change as one of his top four priorities, and announced he would seek to put the U.S. on a path towards “net-zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. In the few weeks since his inauguration, President Biden has taken a suite of actions aimed at making good on that promise.
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Within hours of his inauguration, President Biden had acted to bring the U.S. back into the Paris Agreement and signed Executive Order 13990, “
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.” Among other things, that order revoked a key permit issued for the Keystone XL oil pipeline and ordered a review of actions taken under the Trump administration. One week later, the Biden Administration hosted “climate day” at the White House, where he described a “governm
On February 11, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Scott de la Vega, issued Secretarial Order 3396 revoking the previous November 2020 order on implementation of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which is fully and permanently funded by the Great American Outdoors Act. | Public Lands
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The rules governing federal Land and Water Conservation Fund spending took another turn on Thursday when Biden administration officials undid some last-minute policies installed under the Trump administration.
âInteriorâs actions today affirm our support for one of Americaâs most successful and popular conservation programs,â Interior Department Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Shannon Estenoz said. âWe look forward to strengthening this successful program to ensure that all communities â from hikers and sportsmen to urban and underserved communities â have access to nature and the great outdoors.â
Last August, Congress included $900 million in annual mandatory funding for LWCF in the Great American Outdoors Act, essentially doubling the amount of money available to protect landscapes ranging from wildlife habitat to city playgrounds.