Biden promises to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by up to 52% by 2030
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President Joe Biden meets with members of congress to discuss his jobs plan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
By: The Associated Press & Scripps National
Posted at 4:29 AM, Apr 22, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-22 09:48:03-04
WASHINGTON â President Joe Biden opened a global Earth Day summit with an ambitious pledge to cut at least in half the climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes that the U.S. pumps out.
Biden hopes the commitment by the United States, along with similar ones from its allies, will spur China and other big polluters to move faster on cutting their own emissions.
Biden promises to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by up to 52% by 2030
Andrew Harnik/AP
President Joe Biden meets with members of congress to discuss his jobs plan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
By: The Associated Press & Scripps National
Posted at 7:29 AM, Apr 22, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-22 08:25:30-04
WASHINGTON â President Joe Biden opened a global Earth Day summit with an ambitious pledge to cut at least in half the climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes that the U.S. pumps out.
Biden hopes the commitment by the United States, along with similar ones from its allies, will spur China and other big polluters to move faster on cutting their own emissions.
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