We can be proud of these first-year accomplishments by the Biden administration. And we expect the pace of important actions by the administration on climate to only grow from here.
John,
Last week, President Biden and his administration celebrated their first year in office. In just the first year of his administration, we’ve already seen significant progress on climate change.
Although there is still much to be done, we wanted to highlight some of the achievements made so far this year by the Biden administration. These include:
Reentering the Paris Climate Agreement and setting aggressive U.S. climate goals. One of President Biden’s first actions was to reestablish the U.S. as a presence on the international stage when it comes to climate change. His aggressive goal of a 50-52% reduction in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 helped spur leaders across the globe to similarly increase their level of ambition.
Ending U.S. government support for fossil fuels overseas, a move that prohibits government agencies from financing or supporting international fossil fuel projects that do not capture their emissions, except under strictly limited circumstances. The new policy is redirecting tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer money to low carbon priorities.
Ensuring the federal government — the nation’s single largest energy consumer, employer, and landowner — is on track to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To meet that goal, the Biden administration is transitioning 600,000 cars and trucks to electric vehicles, moving 300,000 buildings to carbon-free energy, and applying a ‘Buy Clean’ policy for the $650 billion in goods and services the federal government purchases each year.
Securing $126 billion in new spending from the bipartisan infrastructure law to build a clean transportation sector. This money will build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations across the country, provide the largest investment ever in passenger rail, and correct damage done by highways built through minority communities by making these areas more liveable and walkable.
Reversing Trump administration rollbacks of lighting efficiency standards. The Biden administration is proposing new consumer bulbs produce at least 45 lumens per watt which LED bulbs currently on the market can achieve. The administration estimates this return to efficient lighting standards will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 222 million metric tons over the next three decades while saving consumers $2.9 billion per year.
John, we can be proud of these first-year accomplishments by the Biden administration. And we expect the pace of important actions by the administration on climate to only grow from here.
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