Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced executive actions his
administration willtake to combat climate change. The actions
include:
- $2.3 billion in funding for a Federal Emergency Management
Agency program that assists heat-ravaged communities;
- New guidance for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
to support additional energy efficiency upgrades; and
- Plans to develop offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico Outer
Continental Shelf.
The initiative comes as Biden continues to struggle to implement
his climate change agenda. Yesterday's announcement fell short
of formally declaring a climate emergency, despite pressure from
Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups this week to do so.
Over the past several days, negotiations collapsed on whether to
include the administration's clean energy and climate
provisions in a budget reconciliation package, and the Supreme
Court ruled to limit the federal government's ability to
regulate greenhouse gas
