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Four months into his administration, President Biden’s approach to climate change is beginning to cohere around two executive orders he issued his first week in office.
Signed on Inauguration Day, the first order set an urgent tone through high-priority moves, such as rejoining the Paris climate agreement, initiating an update of government benchmarks for the social cost of greenhouse gases, and reversing a number of Trump administration actions on environmental policy.
The second order, issued Jan. 27, established an array of policymaking mechanisms and outlined an agenda on matters such as climate resilience, environmental justice, and climate-related economic opportunities, with many action items due within 60, 90, and 120 days.
Herzl, the Environmentalist
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WASHINGTON - During his first moments in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Joe Biden moved to return the United States to the Paris climate accord and directed federal agencies to begin unraveling Donald Trump s environmental policies - the first step in what Biden has vowed will be a sustained effort to safeguard the nation s air and water, protect endangered s