'Biden can turn around his disappointing climate record and vastly expand his protections of people and the planet, but he has to use the powers he's been given,' says Maya Golden-Krasner of CenterForBioDiv. ClimateEmergency BuildBackFossilFree
"As 1,140 organizations collectively representing millions of members and supporters, including Indigenous, Black, Brown, and frontline communities, we urge you to use your executive authority to speed the end of the fossil fuel era, protect our communities from the climate emergency, and address the severe harms caused by fossil fuels," the letter states.
Given the worsening climate emergency—and the failure by Democrat-controlled Congress to pass a package that would deliver on some of the president's climate promises—the coalition is calling on him to: Declare a climate emergency under the National Emergencies Act, unlocking special powers to reinstate the crude oil export ban, redirect disaster relief funds toward distributed renewable energy construction in frontline communities, and marshal companies to fast-track renewable transportation and clean power generation, creating millions of high-quality union jobs.
"The president's existing authority to act on climate is extensive, which is why our legal report devoted more than 50 pages to outlining it," Maya Golden-Krasner of the center's Climate Law Institute said Thursday."Biden can turn around his disappointing climate record and vastly expand his protections of people and the planet, but he has to use the powers he's been given.
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