Biden Pledges 61% Emissions Cut by 2035 Ahead of Trump Presidency

A month ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the Biden Administration on Thursday set a bold new target of reducing net greenhouse emissions by between 61% and 66% below 2005 levels by 2035. The so-called U.S. Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is a pledge under the Paris Agreement, from which Trump could withdraw, again, as he did in his first term in office. Trump is expected to undo a lot of the climate policies of President Biden, and the Paris Agreement and many current policies to cut emissions are…