America is on the brink of a climate emergency
According to IRNA, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, quoting three informed sources, that the President of the United States plans to declare a climate emergency this week. In a week when negotiations in the US Congress on environmental programs have reached a dead end, Biden is looking to save his work program in this field.
The possible move comes as Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia told Democratic leaders he does not support his party’s efforts to advance a sweeping economic package that includes billions of dollars to address global warming. But two Democratic senators on Monday called on Biden to declare a climate emergency and use the Defense Production Act to increase production of renewable energy systems and products, including solar panels.
If a state of emergency is declared, it could be a lifeline for the Biden administration to reduce carbon emissions. Two informed people also announced that the President of the United States is expected to take a series of measures aimed at stopping the emission of greenhouse gases.
Such developments occur while the central regions of the United States have experienced a heat wave of 38 to 43 degrees Celsius over the past week, and on the other side of the Atlantic, unprecedented temperature increases in countries such as Portugal, Spain, England, and Italy have put them on the verge of an emergency. have given.
Parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, home to a population of nearly 35 million, have experienced unprecedented heat over the past few days. On the other hand, a heat warning has been announced in Southern California and parts of the southwestern United States, including Arizona and New Mexico.
The CNN news channel wrote about the extreme heat that with an increase of 10 to 15 degrees in the air temperature, more than 40 million people in the Central Valley of California will spend Monday and Tuesday under a heat warning.
According to the website of this news network, the temperature that the human body feels along with humidity and heat can reach about 44 degrees Celsius in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and South Dakota. With this calculation, 60 million Americans, which is about 20% of the country’s population, will face heat of 37 degrees or more.