Biden at global summit COP27: US will meet climate targets

 

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47% (1,863) are left-leaning, 40% (1,624) are centrist, and 13% (525) are right-leaning.

At COP27, an international climate summit that gathered world leaders, U.S. President Joe Biden promised Friday that the U.S. would meet its climate goals by 2030. Left-leaning articles highlight that poorer nations are criticizing richer nations, such as the U.S., for not investing more in climate policy, whereas right-leaning articles highlight that Biden’s speech was interrupted by a group protesting fossil fuel usage.

The Hill published a centrist article reporting on Biden’s speech at COP27. It reported that Biden’s speech comes after a major domestic victory on climate policy for the president through the Inflation Reduction Act which will invest billions of dollars into clean energy and contribute to the U.S.’s goal of cutting its emissions in half by 2030. The article added that no Republicans voted for the law.

A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlighted that Biden's promise to meet the U.S.’s climate goals by 2030 comes during a time in which poorer nations question the U.S.’s commitment to climate policy and demand that richer nations pay more to solve the issue. It highlighted that Biden’s reception at COP27 in Egypt is much less “triumphant” than at the previous year’s summit.

A right-leaning article by Fox News highlighted that Biden’s speech at COP27 was met with protestors who oppose the use of fossil fuels. During the speech in which he touted the U.S.’s strides to address climate change, the audience applauded Biden throughout, but towards the end, a group of protestors held up a sign protesting fossil fuels.


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