"If #Biden were to declare a national #emergency over ClimateChange, he could take aggressive action to cut #FossilFuel production and speed up #CleanEnergy manufacturing by reimposing the ban on crude #oil exports, halting oil and #gas leasing, investing in #PublicTransit infrastructure, and requiring private companies to manufacture #renewables."
Republicans are moving to pre-empt that.
https://www.levernews.com/new-gop-bill-would-curb-bidens-power-to-fight-climate-change/
By the way, Republicans want to take away Bidens' agency on this ONLY because they like none of the things on his to-do list.
For the "right" president, they're okay with dictatorial power at the White House.
See Heather Cox Richardson's insightful piece:
"Trump’s desire to grab the mechanics of our government and become a dictator is not new. What is new here is the willingness of establishment Republicans to support this authoritarian power grab."
A story in the New York Times today by Jonathan Swan, Charlie Savage, and Maggie Haberman outlined how former president Donald Trump and his allies are planning to create a dictatorship if voters return him to power in 2024. The article talks about how Trump and his loyalists plan to “centralize more power in the Oval Office” by “increasing the president’s authority over every part of the federal government that now operates, by either law or tradition, with any measure of independence from political interference by the White House.”
Meet the sponsors of the pro-#FossilFuel “Real Emergencies Act":
"#Pfluger is the House’s second-highest recipient of #oil and #gas money, behind none other than Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
#Capito has been a major backer for the natural #gas #MountainValleyPipeline while also being invested in one of the companies constructing the whole thing."
https://newrepublic.com/post/174445/republicans-deadly-plan-block-biden-declaring-climate-emergency
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