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Presidential Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis,” a long and unusually detailed Executive Order published in the
Federal Register on February 1, 2021 (see 86 FR 7619), has generated considerable discussion and commentary. Below, I briefly outline its provisions.
This EO describes the “climate crisis” in existential terms:
“There is little time left to avoid setting the world on a dangerous, potentially catastrophic climate trajectory.” Confronting and combating climate change will be an important component of American foreign policy and national security, and domestically, the federal government’s resources will be mobilized to deploy a “govern-wide approach to the climate crisis.”
Funding Builds on Efforts to Enhance Climate Change Resilience as President Biden Visits FEMA Ahead of Hurricane Season
Today, President Biden will meet with members of his homeland security and climate teams at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C. to receive an update on preparations for the 2021 hurricane season. In advance of the President’s visit, the Administration is announcing it will direct $1 billion for communities, states, and Tribal governments into pre-disaster mitigation resources to prepare for extreme weather events and other disasters, and the Administration is announcing the development of next generation climate data systems at NASA to help understand and track how climate change is impacting communities.
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Funding Builds on Efforts to Enhance Climate Change Resilience as President Biden Visits FEMA Ahead of Hurricane Season
Today, President Biden will meet with members of his homeland security and climate teams at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C. to receive an update on preparations for the 2021 hurricane season. In advance of the President’s visit, the Administration is announcing it will direct $1 billion for communities, states, and Tribal governments into pre-disaster mitigation resources to prepare for extreme weather events and other disasters, and the Administration is announcing the development of next generation climate data systems at NASA to help understand and track how climate change is impacting communities.
Some Quick Progress, with More Work Ahead to Advance Science, Health, and Justice Published Apr 28, 2021
WASHINGTON (April 28, 2021)âIn his 2020 campaign for the presidency, Joe Biden pledged to âlisten to the scientistsâ and undo the damage the previous administration inflicted on the federal governmentâs scientific capacity and science-based policies. As the administration completes its first 100 days, experts at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have been tracking new science-focused initiatives and proposals. While thereâs still a long way to go, the new administration has made great strides in ensuring that the federal government uses the best available science to protect the public.
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President Biden has made climate change a main focus of his
administration. At the beginning of his term, President Biden
issued several executive orders addressing climate change: Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and
the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate
Crisis (January 20, 2021) and Executive Order on
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (January 27,
2021) ( Day 7 Environmental Executive Order ). This
article will highlight the administration s international
focus, climate justice, climate litigation, and several priorities
of the recent executive orders.
As President Biden promised prior to inauguration, he recommitted the U.S. to the Paris Climate