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"Biden Declares Tougher 2035 Emissions Targets Weeks Before Trump Return"

"President formally files new plans under Paris agreement and hails ‘boldest climate agenda in American history’"

"Joe Biden has announced tougher targets on the US’s carbon dioxide emissions for the next decade, in a defiant final gesture intended as a “capstone” on his legacy on the climate.

With just weeks to go before Donald Trump enters the White House, the Biden administration is formally filing new plans under the Paris agreement – the global climate treaty from which Trump has vowed to withdraw.

Under the new target, the US would have to cut greenhouse gases by between 61% and 66% by 2035, compared with 2005 levels – a substantial strengthening of current goals that administration officials said would put the US on the path to net zero carbon by 2050."

Fiona Harvey reports for the Guardian December 19, 2024.

Source: Guardian, 12/20/2024