{"id":2227842,"date":"2024-04-23T06:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T10:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-pitch-to-young-people-with-climate-but-dividends-may-not-pay-off\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T06:06:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T10:06:52","slug":"biden-makes-pitch-to-young-people-with-climate-but-dividends-may-not-pay-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-pitch-to-young-people-with-climate-but-dividends-may-not-pay-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden appeals to youth with climate message, but results uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-makes-pitch-to-young-people-with-climate-but-dividends-may-not-pay-off%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2227842&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden emphasizes\u2063 his climate accomplishments on Earth Day,\u2064 amid criticism from younger liberal Democrats over his handling of\u2063 the Israel-Hamas conflict. \u2064Although praised by some for\u2063 climate initiatives like the Inflation Reduction Act, concerns arise over unmet\u2063 promises like the emission reduction target. \u200dThe effectiveness \u2062of Biden&#8217;s climate \u2063agenda remains debated among various demographic groups.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> is underscoring his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>climate<\/a> record on Earth Day as younger, more liberal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> sour on him amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> war.<\/p>\n<p>But although Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-million-moms-initiates-petition-against-nonbinary-trans-themes-in-macys-thanksgiving-parade\/\" title=\"'One Million Moms' Petitions Against Nonbinary, Trans Themes in Macy's Parade\">public events continue<\/a> to be interrupted by some climate activists, including his New York fundraiser with former Presidents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bill Clinton<\/a>, what was once a top priority for the demographic is being overshadowed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Middle East<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, such as former Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) aide Christopher Hahn, have praised Biden\u2019s climate record, which includes the Inflation Reduction Act\u2019s $370 billion climate\u00a0investment, his commitment to reducing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/carbon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>carbon emissions<\/a> to 40% below 2005 levels, and his signature policy of encouraging the adoption of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/electric-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>electric vehicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden is making sure that America leads the world on the technologies that will power the future,\u201d Hahn told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cHis goals are ambitious, but clearly the last three years has seen a growing demand for clean vehicles, and all indications is that this will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>President Joe Biden speaks at Prince William Forest Park on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Triangle, Virginia. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time, climate activists remember the $2 trillion spending promise Biden made during his 2020 campaign and his original 50%-52% emissions pledge, reminding him that scientists recommend cutting emissions by 70%-100%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs young people, we\u2019re often called unrealistic or naive for demanding the world as it should be rather than accepting the world as it is,\u201d a group of young leaders, including now-Rep. Max Frost (D-FL), wrote to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> in 2022 after Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-manchin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Manchin<\/a> (D-WV) agreed to the Inflation Reduction Act. \u201cThis <em>must<\/em> only be the beginning. Your work is not finished. We will keep demanding the world as it should be, and we need you, our elected representatives who we put into office and delivered Democratic majorities for, to join us in fighting for and delivering that world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s Earth Day announcements Monday alongside the likes of Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) and Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) in leafy Prince William Forest Park, Virginia, included $7 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/epa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/solar-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Solar for All<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-quietly-unfreezes-funds-for-groups-tied-to-human-rights-abuses-in-central-africa\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Quietly Unfreezes Funds For Groups Tied To Human Rights Abuses In Central Africa\">program grants<\/a> for more than 900,000 residential projects in low-income and disadvantaged communities, in addition to launching his American Climate Corps website to advertise the new national service program\u2019s more than 20,000 green jobs, an initiative that has pleased many activists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned a long time ago to listen to that lady,\u201d Biden told the crowd of Ocasio-Cortez, who is more popular than him with younger people. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung Americans know that the climate crisis is the existential threat of our time,\u201d he added afterward on social media, attaching a photo of him with Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ed-markey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ed Markey<\/a> (D-MA) in his trademark aviator sunglasses to the post. \u201cThey deserve leaders who believe them. We\u2019re not going to let them down.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Young Americans know that the climate crisis is the existential threat of our time.<\/p>\n<p>They deserve leaders who believe them.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not going to let them down. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bBSUYgiuEC\">pic.twitter.com\/bBSUYgiuEC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1782503903289913750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Biden\u2019s Earth Day announcements come after last week\u2019s news that he is protecting\u00a0more than 13 million acres in the Western Arctic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alaska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alaska<\/a>, preventing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>mining development<\/a> on Native American land, as well as that he is asking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ustr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>U.S Trade Representative<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/katherine-tai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Katherine Tai<\/a> to consider tripling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/steel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>steel<\/a> and aluminum import tariffs on China and proposing to forgive $7.4 billion in\u00a0federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/student-loans\/\">student\u00a0debt<\/a> for 277,000 more borrowers. <\/p>\n<p>The White House last week downplayed speculation the announcements are politically motivated, six months before a general election in which former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> has a national average polling advantage of less than a percentage point over Biden, 44.5% to 44.2%, at least according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>RealClearPolitics<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI would read this as what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/softballs-and-adoration-read-the-questions-reporters-have-asked-bidens-press-secretary\/\" title=\"Softballs And Adoration: Read The \u2018Questions\u2019 Reporters Have Asked Biden\u2019s Press Secretary\">president promised<\/a> in 2020, what the president said when he walked into this administration,\u201d White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> told reporters last week. \u201cI would see this as a commitment that he has made, not just to young people but to Americans, as our role, as the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s average job approval is net negative 16 points, 40% approval-56% disapproval, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/joe-biden\/approval-rating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>RealClearPolitics<\/a><\/em>. But in last week\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net\/documents\/econTabReport_HqmM53D.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>  Economist<\/em>-YouGov poll<\/a>, 32% of respondents aged 18-29 approved of Biden and 61% disapproved. Simultaneously, the April poll found that the demographic was more preoccupied with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inflation and prices<\/a> (21%), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>healthcare<\/a> (12%), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>jobs<\/a> and the economy (10%). Only 8% mentioned climate and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>environment<\/a> as their No. 1 concern. Meanwhile, although 26% of the April poll\u2019s respondents approved of Biden\u2019s approach to the Israel-Hamas war, only 19% of younger people did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure><figcaption>President Joe Biden, left, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are pictured after Biden spoke at Prince William Forest Park on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Triangle, Virginia. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Biden\u2019s climate record may not help him as much as he was hoping with traditionally Democratic-supporting demographics, such as young people, it could hinder him with others, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/labor-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>union members<\/a>. For example, the leadership of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/uaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United Auto Workers<\/a>\u2018s union endorsed Biden in January, but many of its rank-and-file are for Trump, according to conversations with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden should be worried about the political climate that has him losing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GallupNews\/status\/1765015148341637442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll after poll<\/a> in battleground states across the country,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Committee<\/a> spokeswoman Anna Kelly told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cIf Biden cared about the environment, he would stop lighting money on fire via his flailing campaign and solve the economic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>crime<\/a> crises he created.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Energy Secretary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jennifer-granholm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jennifer Granholm<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/agriculture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Agriculture Secretary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-vilsack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tom Vilsack<\/a> were also in the battleground state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a> on Monday for Earth Day announcements.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Earth Day, President Biden highlights his climate efforts as younger, liberal Democrats express discontent amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. 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