Ed Markey

"Millions of people are out of work, and the unemployment rate is rising. The real risk isn't doing too much—it's doing too little."

With this rule to reduce hydrofluorocarbons, "EPA is taking another significant step under President Biden's ambitious agenda to address the climate crisis," said the agency's administrator.

"Addressing the spread of Covid-19 in India is critical," the senators wrote in a letter imploring drugmaker CEOs to take steps to "drastically expand vaccine development and access." 

The bill aims to ensure "an intersectional response" to the climate crisis, coronavirus pandemic, economic inequity, and racial injustice "that is proportionate to the scope of the problems we face."

The report confirms that "natural gas is the precise opposite of a climate solution," wrote author and activist Bill McKibben. 

"It's time to stop nibbling around the edges and, instead, pass this big, bold proposal," said the Massachusetts Democrat.

With a "historic" bill introduced just this week in Congress, campaigners say the president has a chance to pass "the very opportunity he is hopeful for."

"The Green New Deal envisions a ten-year national mobilization to fight the interconnected economic, social, racial, and climate crises gripping our country," said a statement from AOC's office.