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“This brilliant, tested, trailblazing team will be ready on day one to confront the existential threat of climate change with a unified national response rooted in science and equity,” Biden said in a statement announcing several of the picks.
“They share my belief that we have no time to waste to confront the climate crisis, protect our air and drinking water, and deliver justice to communities that have long shouldered the burdens of environmental harms,” he added.
The team combines progressives such as Haaland with environmental heavy hitters like McCarthy with those with deep experience in the agencies they’ll cover, like Regan, though each is being asked to do their part for a singular mission and to do so quickly.
A Plan by Eastern States to Cap Tailpipe Emissions Gets Off to a Slow Start
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Washington, D.C., all announced they would join a cap-and-trade program for cars and trucks. But many bigger states have yet to join.
Washington, D.C. joined Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the program, with eight other states signaling that they would keep discussing but not participate for now.Credit.Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post, via Getty Images
Published Dec. 21, 2020Updated Dec. 27, 2020
WASHINGTON An ambitious plan by Eastern states for a regional cap-and-trade program to curb greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks got off to a slow start Monday after just three states Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island plus Washington, D.C., formally agreed to adopt it.