{"id":25022,"date":"2021-02-03T17:45:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T17:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/02\/03\/sunrise-movements-varshini-prakash-bidens-climate-agenda-must-go-beyond-undoing-trumps-damage-2\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T17:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T17:45:28","slug":"sunrise-movements-varshini-prakash-bidens-climate-agenda-must-go-beyond-undoing-trumps-damage-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/03\/sunrise-movements-varshini-prakash-bidens-climate-agenda-must-go-beyond-undoing-trumps-damage-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise Movement\u2019s Varshini Prakash: Biden\u2019s Climate Agenda Must Go Beyond Undoing Trump\u2019s Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccb_single_video_player \" data-controls=\"1\" data-autohide=\"1\" data-fs=\"1\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-color=\"red\" data-iv_load_policy=\"3\" data-modestbranding=\"1\" data-rel=\"0\" data-showinfo=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-disablekb=\"0\" data-nocookie=\"1\" data-aspect_ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"640\" data-video_position=\"above-content\" data-volume=\"100\" data-video_id=\"ynTCnx1pjjk\" style=\"width:640px; height:360px; max-width:100%;\"><!-- player container --><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden is expected to issue executive orders to suspend new oil and gas leasing on federal property, reestablish a White House council of science advisers, and set a goal to protect 30% of federal land and water by 2030. He is also predicted to announce a number of initiatives prioritizing environmental justice by creating a White House interagency council on environmental justice and directing federal agencies to invest more in communities of color heavily impacted by pollution and the climate crisis. These actions, as well as executive orders to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline and put a moratorium on oil and gas permits in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, come after Biden used his inaugural address to declare the climate crisis to be one of the core issues facing the nation. Varshini Prakash, co-founder and executive director of the Sunrise Movement, says Biden is \u201coff to a good start,\u201d but says he needs to go beyond simply undoing the damage of the Trump administration. \u201cWe\u2019re going to need to see a lot more from Joe Biden at the executive level and directing every branch of the federal government to action. But we\u2019re also going to need to see him working actively to organize his congressional colleagues to pass what we need to be the greatest green jobs and infrastructure recovery plan that this country has seen,\u201d says Prakash.<\/p>\n<p>#DemocracyNow<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: <a href=\"https:\/\/democracynow.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/democracynow.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: <a href=\"https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! 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