'We are moving forward to address climate change,' EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said.
the international agreement in 2017 after Trump had announced the U.S. withdrawal. This means that the U.S. is now the only country in the world that is not officially supportive of the landmark accord's goals.
Late last year, the Trump administration released a dire report warning of the serious economic costs that climate change will cause in the coming years throughout the U.S. due to an increase in natural disasters. When asked by reporters about the report in November, the president responded:"No, no, I don't believe it."
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a rally at Howard University on May 13 in Washington, D.C.Meanwhile, as Trump and his EPA have worked to roll back environmental regulations, scientists around the world have increasingly raised alarms about the catastrophic impact climate change will bring. A report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changethat there were only about 12 years left for humanity to ensure that global temperature increases remained at 1.
Progressive lawmakers, led by Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, have called for a Green New Deal. Although the plan currently lacks many specific details, it lays out ambitious proposals to transition the U.S. from dependency on oil and coal to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. It also calls for the plan to be implemented while creating millions of jobs and improving the nation's infrastructure.
Critics have slammed the Green New Deal for being too costly and unrealistic, but Ocasio-Cortez has shot back, pointing out that Congress has had decades to make changes and now drastic action is required. Many of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have already voiced their support for the progressive policy proposal.
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