"Under an executive order, the federal government would phase out the purchase gasoline-powered vehicles and its buildings would be powered by wind, solar or other clean energy."
"WASHINGTON — President Biden on Wednesday set in motion a plan to make the federal government carbon neutral, ordering federal agencies to buy electric vehicles, to power facilities with wind, solar and nuclear energy, and to use sustainable building materials.
In a series of executive orders, Mr. Biden directed the government to transform its 300,000 buildings, 600,000 cars and trucks, and use its annual purchases of $650 billion in goods and services to meet his goal of a federal government that stops adding carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by 2050.
From his earliest days in office, Mr. Biden said he intended to use the federal government as a model and to help spur the markets for green energy. The executive orders signed Wednesday set a timetable for the transition."
Lisa Friedman reports for the New York Times December 8, 2021.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/climate/biden-government-carbon-neutr...
SEE ALSO:
"Biden Wants To Make Federal Government Carbon Neutral by 2050" (Washington Post)
"Biden Order Would Make US Government Carbon Neutral by 2050" (AP)
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