In this file photo, U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity launch event at the Izumi Garden Gallery, Monday, May 23, 2022, in Tokyo.
The White House is preparing a plan to take executive action on climate after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin last week torpedoed his party's efforts on sweeping legislation.
"The President made clear that if the Senate doesn't act to tackle the climate crisis and strengthen our domestic clean energy industry, he will. We are considering all options and no decision has been made," the official said.A national emergency declaration would give the Biden administration broader latitude to take action and use government resources to tackle climate-related issues, including funding mitigation efforts and strengthening regulations.
"We need to take whatever measures we can to accelerate all the work that we're doing to make sure that we can address the climate emergency crisis that the world is facing," Hochstein said during an interview with John Berman on CNN's "New Day." Hochstein declined to say whether Biden would declare a national climate emergency. But he said that the administration does "want to see the US industry increase oil production," cautioning of the balance between getting prices down and climate effects.
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