President-elect Joe Biden unveiled, Sunday, his climate and energy team, a history-making group that is assigned with an ambitious climate agenda.
“Today’s nominees are ready on day one, which is essential because we literally have no time to waste,” Biden said at a media briefing in his home state of Delaware.
If the Senate confirmed, Michael Regan would become the first Black man to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , and U.S. Representative Deb Haaland, as interior secretary, would be the first Native American Cabinet member.
“This moment is profound when we consider the fact that a former secretary of the Interior once proclaimed it his goal to, quote, ‘civilize or exterminate’ us,” Haaland stated, referring to comments made by Alexander H.H. Stuart in 1851. “I’m a living testament to the failure of that horrific ideology.”
“When it comes to the existential threat of climate change, we have no time to lose,” Biden said in a tweet. “This team will be ready on day one to meet this moment with the urgency it demands and build our nation back better than ever.”
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On her part, Kamala Harris has also hailed the team for its experience and persity.
“Our climate team is comprised of our country’s most seasoned public servants and climate experts,” Harris wrote on Twitter. “They know that addressing the climate crisis is about building safer communities for all Americans and will meet this urgent challenge.”
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On the other hand, the president-elect spoke, Saturday, with Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador about a "new approach" to regional migration and its causes in Central America, according to the president-elect’s transition team.
Obrador said that they had a call which has, "reaffirmed our commitment to working together for the wellbeing of our peoples and nations."
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