Biden Pledges to<br />Reduce U.S. Greenhouse<br />Gas Emissions by 50% .<br />On April 22, President Joe Biden<br />announced his administration’s latest<br />push to combat climate change. .<br />Biden said that by 2030, the U.S. will have reduced<br />greenhouse gas emissions by 50 to 52 percent.<br />That’s more than double what the U.S. committed<br />to under the 2015 Paris climate agreement. .<br />His pledge moves the U.S. closer to<br />decarbonizing the nation’s energy sector by 2030<br />and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. .<br />This is the decade that we must make decisions to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis … This is a moral imperative. An economic imperative. A moment of peril, but also a moment of extraordinary possibilities, President Joe Biden, via CNBC.<br />Biden will announce the country’s target at the <br />global leaders climate summit on April 22 and April 23.<br />40 world leaders will be attending the<br />virtual event and are expected to <br />make their own new commitments.<br />The U.K. and European Union have<br />committed to cutting emissions by 68 percent<br />and 55 percent, respectively.<br />China has vowed to be carbon neutral by 2060.
