© Tom Brenner/ReutersPresident Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 20, 2021.
The administration will likely present the broad goals of the plan before releasing details on how it plans to achieve the cuts in emissions, the people said. It is also possible that the administration will announce a target range for emissions cuts with the higher limit above 50 percent.
A final decision on the target has not been made, the White House told the Post.
"The Biden-Harris administration will do more than any in history to meet our climate crisis," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a closed event in Annapolis, Md., on Monday. "This is already an all-hands-on-deck effort across our government and across our nation. Our future depends on the choices we make today."
The forthcoming plan is expected to lay out broad emission-reduction goals rather than addressing the detailed trade-offs required to achieve those goals. The plan will draw heavily from Biden's infrastructure package, which includes generous subsidies for electric vehicles and billions in funding to renovate existing buildings with green energy technology like solar panels.
The reports come before Biden is set to head a virtual summit of over three dozen world leaders on Thursday intended to address climate change. Among the participants will be Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Biden rejoined the Paris climate accords upon assuming office, reversing President Trump's decision to exit the agreement. The U.S. initially committed to reducing carbon emissions by 26-28 percent when it entered the agreement under President Obama.
Signatories of the agreement commit to reducing carbon emissions, while the agreement also calls for a global market of renewable energy.
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What they mean is CO2, Carbon Dioxide, which is plant food with a negligible effect on global warming or climate change.
Plants breathe in CO2 & breathe out Oxygen, O2. Humans & animals breathe in Oxygen & breathe out CO2.
It's a rather neat deal.
~95% plus of the greenhouse effect is water vapour H2O. less than 4% is CO2.
Of the CO2 in the atmosphere, over 95% is produced by nature. Less than 4% is man-made.
57% of CO2 is produced by warm tropical oceans. Animals produce 20X what humans do. Decaying vegetation in winter produces bundles.
What brain-dead Biden proposes is an attack on industry. It will be interesting to see if he's stoopid enough to carry through with this nonsense.
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"The Biden-Harris administration will do more than any in history to meet our climate crisis,"
Translated from politician gibberish: " The Biden - Hairass appointees will fuck the American people more than any other cult member in history with our immaginary climate crises".