Biden's State of the Union comes at key moment for climate and energy policy

CBS “News” ^ | March 7, 2024 | By Tracy J. Wholf

[Oldeconomybuyer]

President Biden will touch on a wide range of issues and policy priorities in his State of the Union address Thursday night, and he will need to thread the needle on his track record of climate change legislation, environmental protection and energy policy. The stakes for climate change couldn't be higher than they are in the 2024 presidential election, and Mr. Biden and former President Donald Trump couldn't stand farther apart on the issue if they tried.

While climate change may not be the most pressing concern for voters, research has found that the issue can influence the outcome of an election, and Mr. Biden has an interest in effectively selling his climate accomplishments to the electorate. Although the bar is low, Mr. Biden has signed more climate legislation, but according to an August 2023 Washington Post-University of Maryland poll, 57% of Americans disapprove of how Mr. Biden has handled climate change.

Mr. Biden can tout a track record on passing climate change legislation that has helped reduce emissions and set the country on a path towards a green energy transition.

Record job growth, low unemployment and a stronger economy are due in part to the climate and clean energy investments implemented under his watch. One analysis found that policies implemented under the IRA have created more than 100,000 jobs in 41 states, with many of the biggest beneficiaries of jobs and economic investment being red states. In fact, more than 80% of large-scale clean energy and semiconductor manufacturing provided by the IRA and CHIPS Act are destined for Republican congressional districts, according to analysis from the Financial Times.

[HighSierra5]

These people have got to go.

[Jonny7797]

“r. Biden can tout a track record on passing climate change legislation that has helped reduce emissions and set the country on a path towards a green energy transition.”

What a complete joke. They’ve set the country on path to the stone ages.

[Parley Baer]

The gaslighting coming out of CBS News is too much to bear.

[vespa300]

Normally I wouldn’t watch old poopy-pants but the thought of him having a very embarrassing accident on live TV and me missing it.....well, it’s just too much.

What time does Poopy-pants come on ..?

[Fester Chugabrew]

Brandon sucks bigly.

[BipolarBob]

Can the Speaker of the House rip up the SOTU speech and just grin at Biden? What do you want to bet the ol’ codger would lay into him and call him a dog faced pony soldier?

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Humans killed the dinosaurs by mastering fire

They must be destroyed.

[Magic Fingers]

“The gaslighting coming out of CBS News is too much to bear.”

Last night I heard Joe Rogan say “they’ll gaslight you into a coma”.

[Tell It Right]

Biden:
Let me tell you. Us Bidens know about climate change. We've done nothing but get warmer since my son, Beau, died during the Hard Winter of 1778 in Valley Forge serving General Washington fighting Castro's Culper Spy Ring.

(At least the part about warming since then would be true. But it's nothing new under the sun.)

[Recompennation]

Not my president not the president ignore the idiom.

[coalminersson]

Too hot? Move to the coast or up north? a time-honored solution since 38,000 BC.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Damn the bad luck! This evening is my annual sock drawer rearranging day. I’ll check FR for comments! Sure hate to miss this riveting mumble fest!

[MAGAthon]

what an MSM swamp creature the “journo” is:

LinkedIn: Tracy J. Wholf
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-wholf-16787341

if people would focus on the fact “climate” is the biggie, a $150 trillion prize - there’d be no close polls for Biden.

concentrate.

[MAGAthon]

what an MSM swamp creature the “journo” is:

LinkedIn: Tracy J. Wholf
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-wholf-16787341

if people would focus on the fact “climate” is the biggie, a $150 trillion prize - there’d be no close polls for Biden.

concentrate.

[cuz1961]

[cuz1961]

[cuz1961]

[brent13a]

Record job growth, low unemployment and a stronger economy are due in part to the climate and clean energy investments implemented under his watch. One analysis found that policies implemented under the IRA have created more than 100,000 jobs in 41 states, with many of the biggest beneficiaries of jobs and economic investment being red states.

This is lazy marxist-leninist agitprop. Literally none of that is based in reality and even my parents see through the bullcrap (my parents have never been on the internet and only watch the evening news). But they are wise to the idiocy, as is almost every one else except the hardcore zombies. The MSM has their marching orders but fortunately only the hardcore lefties will lap it up. I predict Brandon will not gain a single independent voter tonight.

[Bonemaker]

There should be zero “climate change” policy. It is a fools errand and merely an evil hoax intended to control human behavior. A curse on those promoting it.