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April 22nd was Earth Day. For over five decades, the world has marked Earth Day as a time to reflect on the state of the environment and to debate how best to improve the only habitat we have.
This year’s Earth Day took place under the shadow of a worldwide pandemic that continues to rage. Last year was the first year that the world began its struggle with COVID-19, but that struggle obscured the efforts of the Trump Administration to roll back environmental protections.
The Biden Administration has taken a very different tack. Like its approach to the coronavirus pandemic, the Biden Administration has relied on science to drive its policymaking when it comes to the existential threat posed by climate change.
The US pledges to halve its emissions by 2030 in renewed climate fight
On November 4, 2020, Donald Trump officially made good on his threat to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. Just five months later, newly elected US President Joe Biden has returned his nation to the agreement and made a strong pledge to reduce emissions.
The POTUS hosted the Leaders Summit on Climate Change, which saw 40 world leaders come together online to give updates on their carbon net-zero targets. It was a move designed to restore the United States as leaders in the fight against Climate Change, and to galvanise other nations in the race towards carbon neutrality.
Biden s infrastructure plan makes huge investment in people with disabilities
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LITTLETON, Colo. â President Bidenâs infrastructure plan has a price tag of more than $2 trillion, and while it will help with roads, expanding internet access, and other classic infrastructure needs, thereâs much more to this proposal.
There is a $400 billion proposed investment in home and community-based services to help those with disabilities and the elderly. For families like Carol Meredith s, this could mean better care for those with disabilities and much less stress in keeping their family members healthy and safe.
âIce skating was one of the things heâs always enjoyed,â said Carol Meredith of her son. âAlex is a wonderful man, heâs almost 37 years old. He qualifies as having an intellectual and developmental disability as well as autism and some mental health kinds of issues, so he requires 24/7 care.
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