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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Apr 14, 2021, 09:37 PM Apr 2021

At climate summit, Biden will try to reassure a skeptical world that the U.S. is back

Mere hours after he was sworn in, President Biden signed an executive order committing the United States to rejoin the international accord designed to prevent the most catastrophic effects of climate change — the Paris climate agreement.

That was the easy part.

Now as the White House prepares to host virtual climate talks next week, world leaders, American lawmakers and environmental advocates are waiting to see just how ambitious Biden will be.

All eyes are focused on the new goal he sets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 — a goal that may depend on a significant contribution from California — and which is a key step to reenter the agreement. Wherever he lands, this new pledge comes with a series of hard choices for the president and his advisors, who are constrained by Democrats' slim majority in Congress, yet are determined to prove that fighting climate change is once again at the center of the nation's international and domestic policy priorities.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/at-climate-summit-biden-will-try-to-reassure-a-skeptical-world-that-the-u-s-is-back/ar-BB1fERDp

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At climate summit, Biden will try to reassure a skeptical world that the U.S. is back (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 OP
Fortunately other countries know Joe is experienced BigmanPigman Apr 2021 #1

BigmanPigman

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1. Fortunately other countries know Joe is experienced
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 09:50 PM
Apr 2021

and "normal" after the tRump disaster. Biden has a good reputation but other friendly countries are hesitant to invest too much faith in the US since the change from one election to the next could undo all the good Biden and the Dems have done.

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