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Nonilex Apr 21, 2023

It’s #EarthDay tomorrow 
There’s a #ClimateCrisis. It’s still to avoid the worst consequences, but the world is on the brink of #catastrophic #warming.
 The #BidenAdmin is making headway on #ClimateChange goals, but a #Republican controlled #House is a problem.

In the last mo, #Biden pledged $500M to fight Amazon #deforestation, & acted on #AutoEmissions, #CoalPlants, & #ProtectedLand in AK, NV & TX:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/20/climate-change-ipcc-report-15/

World is on brink of catastrophic warming, U.N. climate change report says

In a new IPCC climate change report, scientists said the world is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold within the next 10 years.

The Washington Post

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Nonilex Apr 21, 2023

President #Biden on Thurs announced new plans to fight #ClimateChange, including pledging $500M to help Brazil’s efforts to end #deforestation of the #AmazonRainforest, & he called on other countries to “step up our ambitions” to stave off devastating #GlobalWarming.

#ClimateCrisis #EarthDay
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/20/biden-amazon-deforestation-us-aid/

Biden pledges $500 million to curb Amazon deforestation

President Biden announced new plans to fight climate change and called on the world's top economies to step up to the “collective challenge” of staving off devastating global warming.

The Washington Post

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Nonilex Apr 21, 2023

The #BidenAdmin announced Wed the strictest restrictions on #AutoEmissions ever, in an ambitious & fraught bid to advance the president’s #climate agenda by forcing US car companies to rapidly accelerate the transition to #ElectricVehicles.
 The #EPA proposals would… speed up a transformation in the transpo sector, the biggest source of #GreenhouseGasEmissions in the US.

#ClimateCrisis #EarthDay
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/12/biden-auto-emissions-rules-climate/

Biden to remake U.S. auto industry with toughest emissions limits ever

New rule updates for cars and trucks could lead to 67% of all passenger car sales to be EVs by 2032, the EPA says, as it pushes new climate proposals.

The Washington Post

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Nonilex

#Biden administration officials are ramping up regulations on #coal, seeking stronger limits on #mercury & other #ToxicAirPollutants from #PowerPlants as part of a wider attempt to crackdown on #pollution & #GreenhouseGasEmissions.

#ClimateCrisis #EarthDay #EPA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/05/biden-epa-coal-plants-mercury/

EPA clamps down on mercury from coal power plants

The EPA has proposed the most stringent update on limits to mercury from coal power and other industries since the Obama administration in 2012.

The Washington Post

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Nonilex Apr 21, 2023

#Biden-Harris Administration Announces Sweeping #Protections for Up To 16 Million Acres of #Land & #Water in #Alaska

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #StopWillow #DepartmentOfTheInterior #SecDebHaaland #EarthDay
http://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-sweeping-protections-16-million-acres-land-and

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Sweeping Protections for Up To 16 Million Acres of Land and Water in Alaska

Today, the Biden-Harris administration is taking sweeping action to complete protections of the entire U.S. Arctic Ocean from any future oil and gas leasing.

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Nonilex Apr 21, 2023

Pres #Biden designated 2 new national monuments, making nearly 514k acres off-limits to #development as part of his pledge to protect 30% of US lands & waters by 2030.
 The pres signed proclamations to protect #CastnerRange, a fmr military training & testing site, & more than 500k acres around #AviKwaAme, a sacred tribal site in southern Nevada.

#LandProtection #EarthDay #ClimateCrisis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/03/21/castner-range-biden-national-monuments-/