Report: Drastic changes needed for U.S. to stymie climate change's effects
The U.S. needs to make much bigger greenhouse gas emissions cuts to meet the Biden administration’s climate goal of realizing a net-zero economy by 2050, a new government report warns.
Why it matters: The National Climate Assessment is a congressionally mandated report that’s the most comprehensive and authoritative federal climate analysis of the U.S. region by region, with specific projections for economic sectors and ecosystems.
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More than 30 years after the last major update of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has upended the ability of Congress to give the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies broad scope to combat air pollution, including the emission of greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, further Biden administration efforts to limit emissions face opposition in the courts.