Environment: in one day, Biden downgraded Trump

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After a single day in office, Joe Biden has done more to protect the environment than Donald Trump has in four years.

Climatosceptic, it must be said that the former president had cut the ax in the main measures aimed at protecting the climate as much as biodiversity.

Democrats know that the gap to catch up to protect the health and safety of citizens is gigantic.

Science takes back its rights at the White House

Joe Biden announced by decree, from his first hours in power, that the United States was joining the Paris climate agreement.

In doing so, the president of the second largest global emitter of greenhouse gases on the planet took the opportunity to announce that he intended to exercise his leadership to tackle the climate crisis rigorously.

He recognizes that this is an “existential threat to humanity”. And these are not empty words.

Keystone XL

The same day, the new American president revoked the permit for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline which was to transport oil from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico. This effectively puts an end to this polluting project.

Such a decision finally awakens Canada to the importance of supporting workers and communities so that they free themselves from fossil fuels. They need concrete measures to accelerate their green transition. That is what the $ 12.5 billion in public funds for the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline should be spent on.

Environmental regulations

On the first day of his mandate, Joe Biden also ordered federal agencies to begin the process of restoring the 163 environmental measures reversed under the Trump administration.

This is called walking the talk.

Even if Democrats are far from having free rein in the White House, these first steps taken for the environment are sending a clear signal to Americans and to the entire planet.

The transition is really now!

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