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President Joe Biden signed an executive order to rejoin the United States into the Paris Agreement to protect the climate on Wednesday, its first major action to tackle global warming, as it brought in the largest team of experts in climate change to the White House.
Biden seeks to return Washington to leadership in the fight against climate change and this action is part of one of his main electoral promises.
The executive order signed by Biden makes the US again a signatory to the Paris Agreement, from which he officially withdrew on November 4 of last year, just one day after the elections, and after former President Donald Trump announced the exit of this agreement in which most of the countries, in June 2017.
The a The Biden administration also intends to cancel the permit for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the United States and sign additional orders in the next few days to reverse several of former President Donald Trump’s actions that weaken environmental protections.
During his first months in office, Biden is expected to sign a wave of orders executives to address climate change, including conservation of the 30% of United States land and waters for 2030, protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from drilling, and restoration and elevation of the role of science in government decisions.
