President Biden said anyone who denies impacts of climate change is 'condemning the American people to a very dangerous future,' while speaking on Earth Day in Virginia.
President Biden commemorated Earth Day by telling a crowd in Triangle, Virginia that anyone who denies the impacts of climate change is 'condemning the American people to a very dangerous future.' The president’s comments were made while speaking at Prince William Forest Park, where he announced two programs he expects to benefit the environment and the American people.
Biden said the reward will provide 60 grants across the country to states, territories, municipalities, tribal governments, and religious nonprofits to create programs that enable low-income and disadvantaged communities to benefit from residential solar. 'It’s a big deal,' he said.
Biden said he has seen the 'devastating toll' of climate change firsthand, saying since becoming president, he has flown over all the major fires and 'thousands upon thousands of acres' that were burned flat by wildfires. He also said he met with families whose homes were 'wiped off the map' by hurricanes, floods and storms last year, adding that last year Earth faced the hottest day on record.
’m not going to go into it now, but I’m not making it up. It’s real. Just listen to what they say,' the president said. 'Anyone in or out of government who willfully denies the impacts of climate change is condemning the American people to a very dangerous future, and the world, I might add. They want to take us backwards, sideline our workers, let China and others lead the race for clean energy. I’m determined, absolutely determined we move forward.
Biden quoted Roosevelt, saying, 'more important than the material gains, will be the moral and spiritual value of such work.' 'He always put it in context and went beyond just what the immediate need was,' Biden said. 'I’d say the same holds true for what we’re doing here today as a moral imperative, and I’ve never been more optimistic about America’s future.'
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