AOC, Sanders, and Blumenauer press Biden to declare a ‘climate emergency’
In his first 15 days in office, President Joe Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline, pledged to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies from the federal government, and started the process of unwinding Trump’s disastrous environmental legacy. And now a trio of Democratic lawmakers wants Biden to declare a “climate emergency” as soon as possible. Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon,…