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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Biden: ‘Nobody intelligent’ can deny the impact of climate crisis

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Biden: ‘Nobody intelligent’ can deny the impact of climate crisis

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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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President Biden on Saturday said that no intelligent person can deny the impacts of climate change after the president toured storm damage in Florida from Hurricane Idalia. “Nobody can deny the imp…

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    On the desktop version of YouTube, click the three dots to the bottom right of the video and a menu pops up. In that menu, choose ‘view transcript’ and you can then do a text search of the audio on it. The relevant spot is at 7min 30sec

    In terms of what he has done:

    • He passed the Inflation Reduction Act.
    • Set vehicle fuel economy rules to push a phase-out of gas cars for most uses
    • Push through regulations which cut emissions from electric generation by 90%
    • Sharply reduce new oil and gas leasing of federal land

    What he hasn’t done: stop issuing drilling permits. This is because the US courts have generally held that once a lease is issued, the right to drill is a property right, and you’d need to pay the leaseholder to not drill at all.

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      Thank you very much!

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