Landscaping – Energy – Environment
“But some of those steps would be politically explosive, and could even prove ruinous to his party’s fortunes by sending gasoline prices soaring. Others would threaten to alienate European allies looking to U.S. fuel supplies to ease their dependence on Russia. And any executive actions Biden takes would run the risk of falling to the same conservative Supreme Court that has already hobbled his regulators’ ability to rein in carbon pollution.”
Declaring a climate emergency could unlock potent tools for Biden — at a steep cost / By Alex Guillen and Ben Lefebvre / POLITICO / July 20, 2022
“The president has an ability to protect our country when our national security is threatened,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) told reporters Monday. “And clearly, the climate crisis is a threat to national security.”
Declaring a climate emergency could unlock potent tools for Biden — at a steep cost / By Alex Guillen and Ben Lefebvre / POLITICO / July 20, 2022
“The White House knows doing anything to invoke emergency powers will be immediately legally challenged and cause markets to react in a negative fashion. This is like a game of Russian roulette.”
Stephen Brown, a former energy lobbyist who heads RBJ Strategies
“Biden could deploy military construction powers to build renewable energy projects near military bases or other energy security projects. Whatever steps Biden potentially decides to take, declaring climate change an emergency could also be symbolically important, publicly conveying the magnitude of the problem.”
What would declaring a national climate emergency do? / By Rachel Frazin / THE HILL / July 21, 2022