This article looks at how US President Joe Biden might have focused much more on the climate crisis in the 2022 State of the Union address.
While President Joe Biden did refer a couple of times to climate, let’s envision a different State of the Union address that might’ve positioned the imminent environmental catastrophe front-and-center.As President Biden delivered the 2022 State of the Union address on Tuesday night, many of us summoned our inner speechwriter selves and imagined a different presentation, one that more precisely confronted the looming climate crisis.
we have the ability to come together to tackle a crisis that beckons at our nation’s door. A crisis like one we’ve never seen before. One we never envisioned in our years of late 20th century prosperity and growth. One that affects ecosystems and biodiversity and human societies.The dangers of climate change are mounting so rapidly that they could soon overwhelm the ability of both nature and humanity to adapt. That is, unless greenhouse gas emissions are quickly reduced.
Six days ago, Russia’s Vladimir Putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world, thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. He met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined.In this struggle, as President Zelensky said in his speech to the European Parliament, “light will win over darkness.”
Clean energy has slowed down the growth of fossil fuel demand. That’s a move in the right direction. Yet it hasn’t yet led to substantial decrease in oil consumption in most countries.in subsidies to ensure that energy has remained affordable. I’m going to come out and say it: much of that money ended up in the pockets of fossil fuel companies. And they continue to report bumper earnings.I’m announcing tonight that US subsidies for fossil fuel companies are soon to become a thing of the past.
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