Opinion | The 'Soft Climate Denial' of the Biden Administration

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Opinion | The 'Soft Climate Denial' of the Biden Administration
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'The Biden administration claims it believes in climate science, but its record shows a gap between these beliefs and the administration's actions—what you might call a 'soft denial' of climate science.'

It's a problem even for an administration that says it accepts the science of climate change and wants to take action.to deal with high gas prices. Undoubtedly, high gas prices are causing hardship. But the White House plan makes the long-term problem of climate change worse without even solving the short-term problem of gas prices.unlikely to bring down prices in the short term

, since new drilling sites can take years to become operational. But it will almost certainly make emissions harder to reduce down the line. This is part of a pattern. So far, the Biden administration has tried to sell its Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as a measure against climate change. That law does some good things, but on balance it may doThe legislation offers no funding at all for renewable electricity generation. But it sets aside billions in new fossil fuel subsidies dressed up as green technologies.

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