Climate activists are pressuring President Joe Biden to declare a national climate emergency, something the White House hasn't done yet.
— a goal the budget package's climate provisions aren't enough to meet.
“Our messaging to Biden is saying, ’Hey, you need to fix what the IRA left out and what the IRA sacrificed,” said DiPaola, who added that of the measure, “This is Congress that passed IRA. President Biden has still made all of these climate commitments.”Delaying a national climate emergency declaration even this long, however, may undermine the core argument that a crisis is at hand.
Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, countered that conservatives on the Supreme Court and in Congress have repeatedly defied popular opinion on top issues — underscoring Biden's need to act unilaterally.
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