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Feb 2021
25m 51s

Assessing Biden’s Climate Plan

The New York Times
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President Biden’s plans for curbing the most devastating impacts of a changing climate are ambitious. His administration is not only planning a sharp U-turn from the previous White House — former President Donald Trump openly mocked the science behind human-caused climate change — but those aims go even further than the Obama administration’s. Today, we look ... Show More
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