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Harris-Trump Disconnect on Climate Is Glaring

The question to you both tonight is what would you do to fight climate change? Vice President Harris, we’ll start with you.” “Well, the former president had said that climate change is a hoax,” Harris said. “And what we know is that it is very real.” […]

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Biden’s State of the Union Climate Points Short But Crucial

WASHINGTON, DC, March 8, 2024 (ENS) – President Joe Biden entered the House of Representatives Thursday night to deliver the final State of the Union address for this term with a brilliant smile and a long list of accomplishments to promote. The environment was barely there, mentioned just twice, but Biden’s two comments were strong. […]

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Biden Waives Vital Environmental Laws to Build Border Wall

WASHINGTON, DC, October 6, 2023 (ENS) – On his Inauguration Day, January 20, 2021, one of the first things Joe Biden did as President was to deliver a Proclamation lifting his predecessor’s 2019 declaration of an emergency at the U.S. southern border with Mexico, used to justify building a border wall. […]

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Biden Restores Some of the Species Protections Axed by Trump

WASHINGTON, DC, July 22, 2023 (ENS) – As the United States marks the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service are proposing to restore protections for species, strengthen consultation and listing processes, and reaffirm the central role science plays in decisions that guide the protection and recovery of endangered and threatened wildlife. […]

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Electoral College Affirms Biden Headed for White House

WILMINGTON, Delaware, December 15, 2020 (ENS) – The U.S. Electoral College has formally elected the Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and incumbent U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris as president and vice president of the United States. Two of every three eligible citizens, over 159 million people voted, the highest number since 1900. […]