President Joe Biden on July 20 stated “climate change is an emergency,” leaving open the possibility of additional executive actions aimed at mitigating it after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) shot down climate and energy programs advocated by Democrats.
“Climate change is an emergency and in the coming weeks, I’m going to use the power I have as president to turn these words into formal official government actions through the appropriate proclamations, executive orders, and regulatory power that the president possesses,” Biden said during a brief speech, which he delivered at a former coal-fired power plant, Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts….