The co-authors the 2017 New York Times best seller 'Climate of Hope' write:
President Joe Biden’s ability to bring together the two parties in Congress is already being tested. But the good news is that on at least one issue — climate change — the fate of the president’s ambitions do not rest primarily with his ability to unite Congress, but with his ability to support and expand ongoing work in the rest of the country.
The U.S. is actually within striking distance of reaching the goal it set under the Paris climate agreement, a 26-28% reduction in emission levels by 2025. In fact, local and state leadership alone could take us to 37% by 2030. The reason is simple: While the previous administration was trying to drag us backwards — it failed, spectacularly — cities, states and businesses were racing ahead.
President Biden’s decision to rejoin the Paris agreement on his first day in office sends a powerful message to the world that Washington will once again lead on the world stage, but those paying close attention to global emissions reductions know that America as a whole never abdicated its leadership role.
Cities, states and businesses have been blazing a clean energy trail, because they recognize it is in their own interest to do so. They’ve shown that the faster we move away from fossil fuels, the more dynamic and prosperous our economy will grow, the healthier our lungs will become, and the safer from natural disasters our communities will be.
One of the most important steps the Biden administration can take to achieve its climate goals is actually one of the simplest: Empower cities and states to pursue their own climate agendas — and don’t allow industry to block them. Fortunately, White House climate czar Gina McCarthy has a strong track record of understanding the importance of cities and working closely with them.
Just last week, we launched a new phase in our bottom-up approach to climate action called America is All In, the broadest coalition of U.S. climate leaders ever assembled.
The Biden administration wants to accelerate innovation, but it will be slowed down by industry lobbyists and lawsuits. Once a new climate solution is demonstrated by city, state and industry leaders, the argument against making it a national policy diminishes, and it becomes less likely that regulators or members of Congress will reject it as politically toxic.
In this way, local policy becomes a powerful tool to transform national politics — and one that the Biden administration has a chance to imaginatively and aggressively deploy to accelerate our path to a clean-energy economy.
Pope, the former CEO and chairman of the Sierra Club, writes that it took decades of misguided policy — and the climate crisis — to create last week's Lone Star catastrophe.
First responders had to extricate Woods from a Genesis GV80 using the “jaws of life” after the rollover.
Woods underwentemergency surgery Tuesday to repair significant damage to his right leg and ankle. He is currently awake and recovering, according to the hospital treating the golf star. Surgeons placed a rod in his lower right leg and screws and pins in his foot and ankle.
The2021 GenesisGV80 carries a starting price of nearly $50,000, with a 14.5-inch horizontal touchscreen on the center console and an 8-inch digital instrument panel.
It has 10 airbags, a forward-collision warning system, evasive steering technology and an interior camera that alerts the driver if they're falling asleep.
This is thethird time Woods has been involved in a car investigation.
At age 45, Woods is among the most recognizable sports figures in the world and remains golf's biggest draw. His 2019 Masters victory was seen as a transcendent comeback and further cemented his reputation for toughness and clutch performances.
Tune in at 11am EST today when the new Director of the CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, opens a one-hour webcast today about the pressure and threats that our public health officials face in the U.S. — and what we can do together to protect them.
Join here for the event, held by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
All three of the former top officials responsible for security on Capitol Hill testified Tuesday that they didn't get the FBI memo warning of violence and "war" on Jan. 6.
As Mike Bloomberg wrote on Twitter, "The Biden administration is right to be taking a 'whole-of-government' approach to climate change — and it’s good to hear Gina McCarthy say she will build on her record of working hand-in-hand with cities to win this fight."
The late-night comics still haven’t had enough of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who left his state during a winter crisis to head for a family vacation in Mexico — only to return home the next day.
"United Airlines announced over the weekend that they launched an investigation into who leaked data about Senator Ted Cruz's travel itinerary amid media coverage over his trip to Cancun. They were trying to figure out who would have a motive, and they narrowed it down to … Everybody." -- Seth Meyers
"Seriously, you know Cruz is having a rough 2021 when fueling a riot at the Capitol is nowhere near his biggest problem." -- Jimmy Fallon
On the photo op event Ted Cruz attended just days after returning from his ill-timed trip to Mexico to try to smooth over his image:
"We’re in a pandemic. Shaking hands, handing out water, serving food? Right now a Carnival Cruise is safer than a Ted Cruz." -- Jimmy Fallon
"Yeah, it seemed like an OK gesture until everyone noticed the label on the bottle said 'Ritz Carlton Cancún.' A little souvenir." -- Jimmy Fallon
"Actually, Cruz wanted to do more, but he had a parasailing lesson at 3, so." -- Jimmy Fallon
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