Amid Low approval ratings are a disaster, President Biden
Joe BidenEnergy & Environment Russian takeover sparks nuke jitters on The Money Job growth booms February Senate invited to speak to Zelensky SaturdayRecently, he delivered his first State of the Union address. He verbally dodged and weaved around a year that was filled with disappointment.
Particularly for young people, the Biden presidency was disiullionsing. According to a new pollAccording to my American Conservation Coalition, 53 per cent of Americans aged 18-30 believe that the country is on the wrong track. Biden promised ambitious goals during his campaign. Climate actionThe return to normalcy and the Pandemic COVID-19. The administration has not delivered.
Young Americans propelledBiden to the White House 2020; Democrats must deliver if Democrats want to retain that support. This is especially true given the fact that more Republican candidates are getting involved in climate change. Ironically, Biden’s failure is not due to lack of trying. He simply uses the wrong approach by choosing partisan wishlists over common-sense reforms. The president does not have to pass Build Back Better and the Green New Deal in order to fulfill the desires of young people. While young Americans want climate action, they also want their economic concerns to have a voice without a climate caveat at any stage. Americans want to strike a balance between economic prosperity and environmental protection.
Despite other events, Biden still touched upon climate, but he notably excluded popular solutions like planting trees or other nature-based solutions. Biden focused instead on the bipartisan infrastructure bill’s success and promised future climate spending after his Build Back better agenda was buried. Biden spoke highly of the potential of wind and solar power, but forgot the importance nuclear power. With so much at stake it seems disingenuous to ignore nuclear and natural gases as a viable solution to quickly reduce emissions.
Despite being admirably ambitious, the Biden climate strategy has been consistently out of touch with American citizens. Even last week the U.S. Special Presidential Representative for Climate John Kerry
John KerryThe Hill’s Morning Report: Russia-Ukraine War Enters Second Deadly Week. A new UN report warns of dire climate change consequences. Biden SOTU to be balancing act for legislative agenda, courting weary voter MORERussia to be aware of the climate impacts of their aggression towards Ukraine, Biden urged Biden stated in his recent address that climate spending will actually increase. HelpAmericans face historic inflation
The United States is concerned about climate change, but high gas prices and foreign policy serve as a stark reminder that there must be a balance between energy independence (and a transition to it) All one has to do to understand the effects of a rush energy transition is to look at Europe.
We would be foolish to repeat the mistake in the United States. Although Russia’s dependence on Russian natural resources may not have prompted it to strike against Ukraine in the first place, there is no doubt that Putin and his aides were encouraged by this dependency. We need clean energy, sure, but we also require abundant, reliable, and affordable domestic energy. We have the tools to do both it not one or the other. It’s all about balance.
As Biden begins his second year in office it is vital that climate change remains a top priority. However, this must be balanced with realistic economic concerns as well as securing our energy supplies. Biden must make the right decisions if he wants to become the president he promised his young supporters.
Danielle Butcher serves as the executive vice president of the American Conservation Coalition.
