President Biden is set to travel to Somerset, Mass., on Wednesday to deliver an ultimatum on climate change: If Congress does not act to combat a fast-warming planet, then the White House will tap its own powers to respond to the crisis.
With his environmental agenda in tatters on Capitol Hill, the president plans to visit the site of a former coal-fired power plant, aiming to issue an early set of policy pronouncements that make good on his threat. Biden is expected to direct federal funds toward communities facing extreme heat, while taking new executive action to boost domestic offshore wind production, according to a White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the plans.
and his administration has struggled to assuage Americans who have seen the prices of goods skyrocket at their fastest clip in roughly 40 years. In a more promising sign for Biden, though, gas prices haveBiden is not expected to declare a national climate emergency during his speech Wednesday.
Manchin on Friday said he might be open to reconsidering his stance if the economy shows signs of improvement next month. But his opposition in the meantime has left Democrats unable to proceed with their original spending ambitions in the narrowly divided Senate — and prompted Biden to try to act on his own to reduce emissions and foster clean energy technology.
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