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New US climate pledge: Cut emissions 50% this decade, but can Biden make it happen?

  • Written by Morgan Bazilian, Professor of Public Policy and Director, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines
imageU.S. President Joe Biden, with presidential climate envoy John Kerry, opened the Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22, 2021, by announcing new U.S. targets.AP Photo/Evan Vucci

President Joe Biden announced an ambitious new national climate target at the world leaders’ climate summit on April 22. He pledged to cut U.S. carbon emissions in...

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