By Kate Sullivan and Jeff Zeleny, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a slate of acting agency heads after taking office without a single one of his Cabinet nominees in place and.
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Following his inauguration yesterday, US President Joseph Biden has formally signed an executive order to re-enter the Paris Climate Change Agreement and directed US departments and federal agencies to "immediately commence work to confront the climate crisis". The USA's re-entry will come into force in 30 days.
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A DIVERGENCE: Big Business and congressional Republicans are reading from different notes over how to approach President
Joe Biden’s aggressive agenda to combat climate change.
In the earliest of days, businesses, including oil companies, are sending signals of moderation and compromise. The Chamber of Commerce and American Petroleum Institute issued statements yesterday supporting Biden’s decision to re-enter the Paris Agreement, a shift of position for both. While many individual companies, such as ExxonMobil, called on former President
Nearly two dozen career civil servants have been named by the Biden administration to temporarily lead the nation s federal agencies in the next phase of the transition of government.