REUTERSBiden wants the United States to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050President-elect Joe Biden introduced his climate and energy team on Saturday, a history-making group that will seek to advance an ambitious climate agenda that reverses many Trump administration policies. Biden, a Democrat who will be inaugurated on January 20, has vowed to make tackling climate change a top priority. Also read: Biden team warns of security risk after Pentagon halts briefingsBiden, who served as vice president to President Barack Obama, tapped Obama’s EPA administrator, Gina McCarthy, to fill a new role as national climate adviser. But the powerful fossil fuel industry, which Biden has frequently criticized, has argued he must balance climate efforts with preserving jobs. Biden diverges sharply from President Donald Trump, who withdrew Washington from the Paris climate accord and softened or dismantled climate regulations the administration deemed harmful to the economy.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 20, 2020 02:37 UTC