The White House this week responded to reports claiming President Joe Biden will soon declare a so-called “climate emergency” by saying that it won’t happen this week.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that the administration has not ruled out issuing such a declaration in the future. That would allow the president to reroute funding to climate efforts without congressional approval.
“It’s not on the table for this week,” she said in response to a question about whether such an emergency could be declared. “We are still considering it. I don’t have the upsides or the downsides of it.”…