The White House hosted a climate summit with more than three dozen world leaders, including some of the world’s biggest polluters.
On coal consumption, President Xi Jinping said China might “phase it down” during its 15th Five Year Plan, which runs from 2025 through 2030.
Since taking control of Congress and the White House, Democrats have pushed for aggressive action on climate change that includes shutting down so-called dirty energy sources.
Proponents of natural gas bankrolled activists to push for shutting down coal plants, despite being warned they would be the next targets for campaigns to reducing emission, Taylor said.
As the Biden administration and congressional Democrats advocate for more aggressive climate actions, authority over large swaths of the economy appear to be coalescing under Gina McCarthy, the U.S.
In 2019, the chief of staff to Rep.
“It’s not about the environment,” he said.