California Congressman Jared Huffman asked Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to relay an important message to President Biden. A message which has been one I’ve been hoping someone communicates to President Biden. That President Biden needs to declare a Climate Emergency to deal more expeditiously with the growing crisis we face as a nation, and as a member of the global community.
BY RACHEL FRAZIN
Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) suggested that President Biden could declare a “climate emergency” to give the administration more power when facing lawsuits.
“I understand that a judge has put a temporary pause on that moratorium and in light of that and just the disruption that nationwide injunctions have...I want to urge you to communicate to President Biden the necessity of declaring a climate emergency which would bolster his authority in the face of those type of legal challenges,” he said.
We all saw the wide latitude the federal courts gave Mr. Trump when he declared an emergency on the border. President Biden needs that same kind of freedom of action to take the urgently needed steps to reduce catastrophic Climate Change.
Here in the West we are facing devastating multi year droughts, and a fire season they will likely become a nightmare for tens of thousands of Westerners.
Some climate change related headlines, just from today:
BY ZACK BUDRYK
6/23/2021
The week after one of the worst heat waves in the history of the Western U.S., a series of wildfires has already broken out unseasonably early, sparking fears that this will be one of the worst fire seasons ever.
The normal wildfire season of summer and fall is approaching at a time when the entire West has experienced an unusually low winter snowpack and an early snow melt.
This has led to dryer conditions that could exacerbate fires by July and August as well as into early autumn.
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Rising sea levels from climate change stand to render coastal cities unlivable.
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Tornadoes are occurring more often across parts of Tornado Alley and the South than previously recorded.