TAKE NOTE of 50 things President Biden has done to combat Climate Change as  listed by  3chickspolitico  and chris evans (@notcapnamerica)                                                                        

1. Rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement

2. Hosted the Leaders Summit on Climate

3. Committed to reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52% below 2005 levels by 2030

4. Pledged to achieve a 100% clean energy economy and net-zero emissions by 2050

5. Established the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy

6. Appointed John Kerry as the first-ever U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

7. Directed federal agencies to procure carbon-free electricity and zero-emission vehicles

8. Launched the American Jobs Plan with significant investments in clean energy and infrastructure

9. Proposed the Build Back Better plan with substantial climate and environmental provisions

10. Paused new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters

11. Directed federal agencies to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies

12. Restored and strengthened vehicle fuel efficiency standards

13. Set a goal to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030

14. Committed to conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030

15. Restored protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments

16. Revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline

17. Halted oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

18. Reversed rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act

19. Reinstated the ban on logging and road construction in the Tongass National Forest

20. Proposed stronger standards for methane emissions from oil and gas operations

21. Initiated the process to reverse rollbacks of the Clean Water Act

22. Supported the PFAS Action Act to address “forever chemicals”

23. Proposed funding for clean energy research and development

24. Directed agencies to incorporate climate change into national security considerations

25. Reestablished the federal flood risk management standard

26. Reinstated California’s authority to set stricter vehicle emission standards

27. Committed to electrifying the federal vehicle fleet

28. Proposed plans to build a nationwide network of EV charging stations

29. Accelerated the permitting of clean energy projects on federal lands

30. Launched a government-wide environmental justice initiative

31. Established the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council

32. Pledged to deliver 40% of clean energy investment benefits to disadvantaged communities

33. Proposed funding for energy efficiency and clean energy in low-income households

34. Launched the Justice40 initiative

35. Signed an executive order on tackling the climate crisis domestically and abroad

36. Established the Civilian Climate Corps

37. Initiated development of new emissions standards for cars, light trucks, and heavy-duty vehicles

38. Directed U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to prioritize climate in investments

39. Committed to ending international financing of carbon-intensive fossil fuel-based energy

40. Pledged to work with Congress to eliminate fossil fuel tax preferences

41. Directed agencies to identify new opportunities to spur innovation in clean energy technologies

42. Established an Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities

43. Launched the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act to phase down hydrofluorocarbons

44. Reversed Trump-era rollbacks to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act protections

45. Initiated the process to establish national limits on PFAS in drinking water

46. Proposed the U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan

47. Launched a government-wide strategy for advancing nature-based solutions to climate change

48. Committed to creating a new multi-agency scientific integrity task force

49. Started development of new energy efficiency standards for buildings and appliances

50. Established the first-ever White House Office of Climate Policy

The Supreme Court said a Texas man under a domestic violence order may be disarmed, narrowing a key 2022 ruling that vastly expanded gun rights.

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Your Weather Today is…

In 2010, the National Science Foundation and George Mason University started a program called Climate Matters. The goal of the effort was to bring data-driven climate news to local audiences, and the appetite for such material has been tremendous.

Climate Matters is now in more than 245 cities and media markets and is working with thousands of reporters and editors around the country.

Bernadette Woods Placky, who runs the program, said that, across the board, more TV meteorologists are talking about global warming in their reporting.

“Our weather has so fundamentally changed because of climate change that it is now part of the story,” she said.

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• Two beluga whales were rescued from an aquarium under bombardment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and flown to Spain.  (I love whales, but more valuable than people?)