Biden unveils extreme heat plan – but doesn’t declare climate emergency

Photo caption: Joe Biden speaks in Somerset, Massachusetts, on 20 July. Photo credit: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images. Article by Oliver Milman and David Smith. The Guardian – July 20, 2022.

Initiatives are aimed at helping salvage the president’s tattered climate agenda after Joe Manchin delivered a major blow last week

Facing the disintegration of his climate agenda as ferocious heatwaves hit large parts of the world, Joe Biden has unveiled a new plan to push billions of dollars to US cities and states to help them cope better with extreme heat. The president stopped short, however, of declaring a climate emergency. […]

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