Pushing green billions


Biden during a briefing on the US government’s wildfire season response in the White House, Washington DC. The president is facing the prospect that his climate and energy agenda could be rolled back under a Republican-controlled Washington after the November elections. — Bloomberg

FEARING that Donald Trump could kill off green initiatives if he wins the US election, President Joe Biden’s administration is racing to spend the tens of billions of dollars it had earmarked for climate action.

Trump, who is running against Vice-President Kamala Harris to succeed Biden, has put the president’s climate and energy agenda in the crosshairs on the campaign trail.

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