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Biden confronts climate crisis with new executive orders

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Biden confronts the climate crisis with a new spate of executive orders

President Biden underscored his sweeping break from former President Trump signing a new batch of executive orders to address the climate crisis. Those actions include a pause on new oil and gas leases on federal land and water, a focus on environmental injustices and building new clean energy jobs. Yamiche Alcindor reports.

01/27/2021

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