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Biden's Climate Law Halves US Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050: Study | US climate policy needs sticks as well as carrots, BloombergNEF says. (www.bloomberg.com)

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 5 points 3 years ago

The point is to add to it and cut emissions more. Not to just sit around and wait.

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