{"id":442338,"date":"2021-04-22T13:20:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T17:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=442338"},"modified":"2021-04-22T13:20:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T17:20:44","slug":"moral-imperative-biden-announces-new-emissions-target-to-tackle-the-climate-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moral-imperative-biden-announces-new-emissions-target-to-tackle-the-climate-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Moral Imperative\u2019: Biden Announces New Emissions Target To \u2018Tackle The Climate Crisis\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fmoral-imperative-biden-announces-new-emissions-target-to-tackle-the-climate-crisis%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=442338&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3278.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\">President Joe Biden spoke from the White House at his \u201cVirtual Leaders Summit on Climate\u201d Thursday, giving opening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/biden-climate-change-summit-04-22-22\/index.html\"><span class=\"s1\">remarks<\/span><\/a> to kick off the virtual meetings on the environment between world leaders.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">In his remarks, notably given on Earth Day, Biden made a pledge that the United States would have a goal of cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cThe United States sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half \u2014 in half \u2014 by the end of this decade,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThat\u2019s where we\u2019re headed as a nation and that\u2019s what we can do if we take action to build an economy that\u2019s not only more prosperous but healthier, fairer, and cleaner for the entire planet.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cYou know, these steps will set America on a path of net-zero emissions economy by no later than 2050, but the truth is America represents less than 50% of the world\u2019s emissions,\u201d he said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/04\/22\/fact-sheet-president-biden-sets-2030-greenhouse-gas-pollution-reduction-target-aimed-at-creating-good-paying-union-jobs-and-securing-u-s-leadership-on-clean-energy-technologies\/\">fact sheet<\/a> on Biden\u2019s pledge released by the administration claims:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p><em>Today, President Biden will announce a new target for the United States to achieve a 50-52 percent reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas pollution in 2030 \u2013 building on progress to-date and by positioning American workers and industry to tackle the climate crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking to the 40 world leaders set to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/biden-climate-change-summit-04-22-22\/index.html\"><span class=\"s1\">2-day virtual summit<\/span><\/a>, Biden said, \u201cNo nation can solve this crisis on our own, as I know you all fully understand. All of us, all of us and particularly those of us who represent the world\u2019s largest economies, we have to step up\u2026Those that do take action and make bold investments in their people in clean energy future, will win the good jobs of tomorrow and make their economies more resilient and more competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cSo let\u2019s run that race, win more, win a more sustainable future than we have now,\u201d he added. \u201cOvercome the existential crisis of our time. You know just how critically important that is because scientists tell us that this is the decisive decade. This is the decade we must make decisions that will avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">He continued, \u201cWe must try to keep the earth\u2019s temperature to an increase of 1.5 degrees celsius,\u201d adding \u201cthe world beyond 1.5 degrees means more frequent and intense fires, floods, droughts, heatwaves, and hurricanes tearing through communities, ripping away lives and livelihoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Biden began his remarks with comments about the importance of infrastructure as he and Vice President Kamala Harris have been promoting the administration\u2019s massive infrastructure package this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/biden-leaders-climate-summit-greenhouse-gas-emissions-watch-live-stream-today-2021-04-22\/\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>, \u201cwhen people talk about climate, I think \u2018jobs,\u2019\u201d insisting that within the climate response lies the possibility to create jobs. Biden said that he proposed investment in infrastructure and innovation in order \u201cto tap the economic opportunity that climate change presents our workers and our communities.\u201d He went on to say that he has a vision of creating middle-class jobs responding to climate change efforts for union workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/human-infrastructure-democrats-rush-to-expand-definition-of-infrastructure-after-republicans-slam-bidens-plan\"><span class=\"s1\">Democrats have recently sought to expand the meaning of the term \u201cinfrastructure\u201d<\/span><\/a> in order to push through other legislative priorities in the massive infrastructure spending package.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Biden thanked the members of the summit and said, \u201cThis is a moral imperative. An economic imperative. A moment of peril but also a moment of extraordinary possibilities. Time is short, but I believe we can do this. And I believe that we will do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In closing, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/04\/22\/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-virtual-leaders-summit-on-climate-opening-session\/\">said<\/a>, \u201cWe really have no choice.\u00a0 We have to get this done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden spoke from the White House at his \u201cVirtual Leaders Summit on Climate\u201d Thursday, giving opening remarks to kick off the virtual meetings on the environment between world &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276476,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3278.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Moral Imperative\u2019: Biden Announces New Emissions Target To \u2018Tackle The Climate Crisis\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3278.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Moral Imperative\u2019: Biden Announces New Emissions Target To \u2018Tackle The Climate Crisis\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}