Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Monday that his plan to tackle climate change is to “dismantle” the “Green New Deal” policies backed by President Joe Biden.
“Do you have a plan for climate change?” FOX Business presenter Stuart Barney asked the Florida governor.
“It would destroy Joe Biden’s Green New Deal policy. co-chair of the. “This can be a great source of national security and economic vitality, and it can build our industrial base.” (Related: Climate Czar John Kerry Says Ukraine War Is ‘Making the Problem Worse’ for Climate Change)
Economic and energy experts have criticized Biden. hostility Some argue that fossil fuel production is declining, which is causing higher energy prices. The Biden administration canceled permits for the Keystone XL pipeline in January 2021 and stopped selling offshore leases in May 2022 after issuing new regulations on onshore oil and gas drilling.
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The Biden administration also proposed new regulations targeting stoves and other appliances that use natural gas. study It claims gas stoves account for 12.7% of asthma cases in children.
“Florida has actually cut emissions significantly, but it has been achieved through innovation. bottom. “So we’re going to take things in a completely different direction than Joe Biden.”
Despite Mr. Biden’s push for electric vehicles, the Biden administration blocked efforts to begin mining copper and nickel near the Boundary Waters canoe area in January, The Wall Street Journal reported. report. Additionally, on January 31, the Environmental Protection Agency decided to block the mining of 1.4 billion tons of copper, gold, molybdenum, silver and rhenium in Alaska to protect salmon.
Mr. DeSantis then took aim at the words of President Joe Biden during the June 28 presidential election. speech “in Chicago” coined by the WSJ to describe the president’s economic policies
“At the end of the day, I think Biden’s policies and ‘Bidenomics’ are really about making average people poorer and living standards lower,” DeSantis said.
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