Biden Fails To Declare ‘Climate Emergency’, Vows To Use Executive Power

As anticipated, U.S. President Joe Biden refrained from declaring a climate emergency, which would grant him additional powers to deal with a national climate crisis, during his speech Wednesday at the site of a former coal plant in Massachusetts.  Citing a staggering $145 billion in damages caused by extreme weather events just last year, and calling the climate crisis a “clear and present danger”, in a live stream, Biden told those gathered in Massachusetts that his administration would use its executive powers to tackle the…