Dear John, ASBC would like to thank you for your support over the past four years of our campaign with We Are Still In to maintain the U.S.’s commitment to combat the climate crisis in the wake of Donald Trump’s tragic decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. On January 20, 2021, the Biden-Harris administration was inaugurated, ushering in a new age of climate action. On Day 1 of his presidency, President Biden signed more than a dozen executive orders including directing the U.S. to rejoin the Paris Agreement. With your support, ASBC and the We Are Still In Campaign have been marshalling support for climate action beyond the federal level for four years, but now rejoining, which will take 30 days, will again establish our nation as a leader in dealing with the existential threat of climate change. | |
Newly appointed leader of domestic climate policy, Gina McCarthy, says that rejoining is an important first step but it “won’t be enough." Now is the time for America to go ALL in on climate and build back fossil free. Other Executive Orders including a suspension of the Keystone XL Pipeline, a moratorium on oil and natural gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and reversals of Trump administration environmental rollbacks. “The Day 1 climate executive orders will begin to put the U.S. back on the right footing, a footing we need to restore American leadership, helping to position our nation to be the global leader in clean energy and jobs,” says Gina McCarthy. Join us January 28 at 3 PM ET to hear more from Gina McCarthy about President Biden’s plans for climate policy during his first 100 days in office. Again, we thank you for your continued support of the We Are Still In campaign and look forward to working with the new administration to support their climate policy objectives during the next four years. | |
