Joe Biden signs executive action to rejoin Paris Climate Accord “as of today”
|US President Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president on Wednesday and has his work cut out from the get-go.
In a series of tasks for Day One, he has signed an executive action to rejoin Paris Climate Accord "as of today".
The Day One agenda includes:
- Re-Engaging With World Health Organization.
- Mask Mandate on US Properties.
- Eviction and Foreclosure Moratoriums.
- Easing Burden of Student Loans.
- Rejoining the Climate Agreement.
- Revoking Keystone XL Pipeline.
- Fuel Standards, and Use of Federal Lands.
- Revisiting Trump’s Regulatory Agenda.
- No More Money for Wall.
- Scrapping the Travel Ban.
- Counting Noncitizens for the US Census.
- Bolstering Sanctuaries and the DACA Program.
- Protecting Liberians Who Fled Civil War.
- ‘Racial Equity Review’ for All of Government.
- Closing Down the 1776 Commission.
- New Protections Against Discrimination.
- Ethics Rules for Political Appointees.
The administration’s first White House press briefing will take place tonight at 7 pm ET.
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