The Biden administration announces a new, more ambitious climate goal for the U.S., aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 61-66% by 2035. The White House emphasizes continued efforts by states, cities, and corporations, even as the Trump administration plans to exit the Paris climate agreement.
The Biden administration set a new climate goal for the U.S. The White House argues states, cities and corporations will continue the work, even as Trump plans to exit the Paris climate agreement.The Biden administration says some efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions won't go away after President-elect Trump takes office.
Renewable energy projects, like the Block Island Wind Farm off the Rhode Island coast, will continue to operate and others already in the development pipeline will continue to be built.The United States has announced a new, more ambitious goal extending into the next decade for reducing the greenhouse gases that are driving climate change. In the language of climate diplomacy, these new goals are called 'Nationally Determined Contributions' – or NDCs. These commitments from countries aim toward the main goal of the 2015 Paris climate agreement: to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. Scientists say that's needed to avoid some of the worst-case scenarios that come with a hotter climate.of 50 - 52% by 2030, based on the country's 2005 greenhouse gas emission levels. Now Biden is boosting that to 61 - 66% by 2035. 'I'm proud that my Administration is carrying out the boldest climate agenda in American history,' Biden said in a White House video accompanying the announcement. The President continued to highlight jobs created by building offshore wind energy projects and by incentives in his climate-focused Inflation Reduction Act.Trump transition team spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt didn't address the question of NDCs directly, but in an email to NPR said, 'In his second term, President Trump will once again deliver clean air and water for American families while Making America Wealthy Again.' Biden administration officials sounded optimistic that their new 2035 goal could still be achieved through efforts by states, cities and private companie
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