Thread by @What46HasDone

As promised, the master thread of all the major actions the Biden administration has taken to combat climate change:

Rejoined the Paris Climate Accords
Implementing plan to reduce emissions by 50 to 52 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels
Revoked Keystone XL permit

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Created the US-EU Global Methane pledge, signed by 113 countries, to reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030
Worked with Congress to use the CRA to repeal Trump’s methane rule rollback
EPA strict new methane rules that will reduce 41M metric tons of methane emissions by 2035

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Stopped financing overseas coal and other carbon-intensive energy projects and instead focused on financing clean energy
US-EU first ever “green trade deal” – incentivizing trade of low carbon steel and penalizing dirty steel

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Build Back Better World partnership with the G7 to leverage private and public funding to fund $100s of billions of green infrastructure in low and middle income countries
Plan with major automakers to make 50% of new vehicle sales zero emissions by 2030.

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Private industry has already invested $100B+ in EV manufacturing during Biden admin
Invoked DPA to speed the production of minerals for EV batteries and energy storage
Invoked DPA to speed production of: solar panels, transformers, heat pumps, insulation, and fuel cells

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Waived Solar tariffs for 24 months on imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
Accelerated review process for clean energy on federal land
Cut in half the fees to build solar and wind on federal lands
BLM to permit 30GW of new solar on federal lands through FY25

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Offered $8.25B in clean energy transmission loans
Issued executive order to require all federal agencies to consider climate-related financial risk in risk setting policies
SEC proposed rules to require strengthened climate change disclosures for US Public companies

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Issued an executive order on federal procurement and climate change, requiring:
100% CFE electricity by 2030
100% zero emission vehicle acquisitions by 2035, light-duty by 2027
Net zero procurement no later than 2050
Net zero buildings by 2045, 50% emissions reduction by 2032

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Net zero emissions from federal operations by 2050, 65% reduction by 2030
Set up multi-agency “Buy Clean Task Force” to create markets for low carbon materials
Changed criteria for DOT’s INFRA grants to prioritize projects based on climate impact

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New DOT INFRA grants to prioritize projects based on climate impact
U.S Army released first ever climate plan, with a 50% emissions reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2050
U.S. Navy/Marines released climate action plan to cut emissions by 65% by 2030, and net zero by 2050.

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Restored states and tribal authority to block pipeline projects
Increased fees by 50% for new oil leases and imposed stricter climate safeguards
Suspended existing oil/gas leases in ANWR
Restored California’s authority to set tailpipe emissions rules

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Implemented plan to have 30GW of offshore wind generation by 2030:
Approved the first 2 major US offshore wind farm projects
Record breaking $4.37B New York Bight offshore wind lease sale
Opened first West Coast offshore wind areas
$3B in loans for offshore wind development

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Finalized rule slashing the use of hydrofluorocarbons by 85% by 2036 – will slow temp rise by 0.5°C on its own.
Finalized new EPA CAFE and NHTSA fuel efficiency standards to raise MY 2026 requirements by 25%. Will avoid 3.1 billion tons of avoided CO2 emissions through 2050

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EPA proposed rule to reduce NOx emissions from new trucks by 90% by 2031 from new trucks.
Will finalize 100 actions for appliance and equipment standards by the end of 2022 that will collectively avoid 1.1 billion metric tons of carbon emissions.

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Over 20 federal agencies release their climate plans in response to Executive Order
Protected Tongass National Forest, one of the world’s largest carbon sinks, from development, mining, and logging, protecting almost 10 million acres.

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Restored full protections to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, and added protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts national monuments.
Restored Clean Water Protections to streams, wetlands, and other waterways

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Initiated steps to designate Hudson Canyon a National Marine Sanctuary
Announced plan to phase out single use plastics on federal parks and lands
Repealed Federal Architecture EO that made sustainable federal buildings harder to build

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Provided $30.5 billion boost to Public Transit to maintain services in the American Rescue Plan
Billions of dollars in State and Local aid funding being used for climate/environmental projects, even in red states.
$7.5B funding for national EV charging network

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Increased federal funding for public transit by 58% this year to more than $20 billion.
$5.5 billion in funding for Low/No emission public busses
$5 billion in funding for new EPA Clean School Busses program
$50B in Clean Water Projects including $15B lead pipe removal

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$21B for environmental remediation, including:
$3.5 billion in Superfund cleanup (reinstated chemical excise taxes to fund)
$4.7 billion to plug orphan oil and gas wells
$11.3 Abandoned Mine Reclamation fund
$1.5B Brownfield revitalization

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$66 in new rail funding:
$22B Amtrak
$5B Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
$3B Railroad Crossing Elimination
$36B Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Rail
$47B for climate resiliency programs to mitigate the impact of climate change

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$73B in Clean Power and Grid funding including:
$8B to develop clean hydrogen hubs
$6B Civil Nuclear Credit Program to prevent closures of at risk Nuclear Power Plants
$3.5B Carbon Capture Hubs
$7B to strengthen the battery manufacturing supply chain

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$2.25B geologic carbon storage projects
$20B Build a Better Grid initiative
$3.5B Weatherization Assistance Program funding to increase energy efficiency of low income housing.
$1.1B for largest ever Everglades restoration investment
$1B for Great Lakes cleanup

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Eased regulations and accelerated permitting to make it easier to build the high voltage transmission lines necessary for a clean energy grid, including along highways and public right of ways.
$6.4B for states to reduce carbon emissions from on-road highway sources

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Committed to "30x30": conserving 30% of US lands and oceans by 2030
Signed an executive order to protect old growth trees
Will plant 1.2 billion new trees over the next 10 years through the REPLANT Act.

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