Open Thread | President Biden’s Pro-Environment Actions

If you care about the environment, then you need to be supporting President Joe Biden.

chris evans (@notcapnamerica) posted at 7:48 PM on Wed, Jun 05, 2024:
85 pro-environment actions Biden has taken while in office with Republicans blocking everything they can:

1. Rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement
2. Hosted the Leaders Summit on Climate
3. Committed to reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52% below 2005 levels by 2030
4. Pledged to achieve a 100% clean energy economy and net-zero emissions by 2050
5. Established the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy
6. Appointed John Kerry as the first-ever U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
7. Directed federal agencies to procure carbon-free electricity and zero-emission vehicles
8. Launched the American Jobs Plan with significant investments in clean energy and infrastructure
9. Proposed the Build Back Better plan with substantial climate and environmental provisions
10. Paused new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters
11. Directed federal agencies to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies
12. Restored and strengthened vehicle fuel efficiency standards
13. Set a goal to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030
14. Committed to conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030
15. Restored protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments
16. Revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline
17. Halted oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
18. Reversed rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act
19. Reinstated the ban on logging and road construction in the Tongass National Forest
20. Proposed stronger standards for methane emissions from oil and gas operations
21. Initiated the process to reverse rollbacks of the Clean Water Act
22. Supported the PFAS Action Act to address “forever chemicals”
23. Proposed funding for clean energy research and development
24. Directed agencies to incorporate climate change into national security considerations
25. Reestablished the federal flood risk management standard
26. Reinstated California’s authority to set stricter vehicle emission standards
27. Committed to electrifying the federal vehicle fleet
28. Proposed plans to build a nationwide network of EV charging stations
29. Accelerated the permitting of clean energy projects on federal lands
30. Launched a government-wide environmental justice initiative
31. Established the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council
32. Pledged to deliver 40% of clean energy investment benefits to disadvantaged communities
33. Proposed funding for energy efficiency and clean energy in low-income households
34. Launched the Justice40 initiative
35. Signed an executive order on tackling the climate crisis domestically and abroad
36. Established the Civilian Climate Corps
37. Initiated development of new emissions standards for cars, light trucks, and heavy-duty vehicles
38. Directed U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to prioritize climate in investments
39. Committed to ending international financing of carbon-intensive fossil fuel-based energy
40. Pledged to work with Congress to eliminate fossil fuel tax preferences
41. Directed agencies to identify new opportunities to spur innovation in clean energy technologies
42. Established an Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities
43. Launched the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act to phase down hydrofluorocarbons
44. Reversed Trump-era rollbacks to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act protections
45. Initiated the process to establish national limits on PFAS in drinking water
46. Proposed the U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan
47. Launched a government-wide strategy for advancing nature-based solutions to climate change
48. Committed to creating a new multi-agency scientific integrity task force
49. Started development of new energy efficiency standards for buildings and appliances
50. Established the first-ever White House Office of Climate Policy

51. Proposed plans to modernize and expand the electric grid
52. Committed to conserving old-growth forests on federal lands
53. Instructed the EPA to review Trump-era actions that are harmful to public health, damaging to the environment, unsupported by science
54. Invited world leaders to a Leaders Summit on Climate
55. Announced support for global efforts to protect 30% of lands and oceans by 2030
56. Proposed a plan to create jobs capping abandoned oil and gas wells
57. Launched a Global Climate Ambition initiative to support developing countries in establishing net-zero strategies
58. Established a National Climate Task Force to organize and deploy a government-wide approach to combat climate change
59. Reconvened the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
60. Committed to working with Congress to establish an Energy Efficiency and Clean Electricity Standard
61. Ordered national security agencies to report on the security implications of climate change
62. Committed to conserving and restoring critical ecosystems like the Florida Everglades and Great Lakes
63. Proposed the Clean Energy Standard, aiming for 80% clean electricity by 2030 and 100% by 2035
64. Launched the Build Back Better World (B3W) Partnership for transparent, sustainable infrastructure investment
65. Initiated the process to designate the Hudson Canyon as a National Marine Sanctuary
66. Proposed funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency focused on climate
67. Announced goal of 50% electric vehicle sales share in the U.S. by 2030
68. Launched an initiative to advance building codes and standards to boost energy efficiency and resilience
69. Committed to reducing black carbon emissions in the Arctic
70. Proposed plans to plug orphaned oil and gas wells and reclaim abandoned mines
71. Directed NOAA to collect data to support offshore wind development
72. Proposed new regulations on the disposal of coal ash from power plants
73. Launched a Sustainable Aviation Fuels Grand Challenge
74. Announced U.S. support for the Global Methane Pledge
75. Directed federal agencies to achieve net-zero emissions from overall federal operations by 2050
76. Proposed funding for climate change research and resilience in developing countries
77. Established an Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases
78. Announced new steps to accelerate innovation in sustainable aviation fuels
79. Proposed new initiatives to build climate resilience in communities
80. Supported the REPLANT Act to plant billions of trees
81. Directed the Secretary of Agriculture to collect input from farmers on climate-smart agriculture
82. Proposed new initiatives to boost climate-smart forestry
83. Launched an Electric Vehicle Charging Action Plan
84. Announced the "America the Beautiful" initiative to conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030
85. Committed to work with Congress to invest in coastal restoration and resilience​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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3 Responses to Open Thread | President Biden’s Pro-Environment Actions

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