Entering the White House, Biden reveals his first step

A report published by Al-Arabiya speaks of US President Joe Biden’s claim that the first step he would take upon entering the White House and officially taking office was to return to the Paris Climate Agreement and focus on combating climate change. He also announced that he would strive to secure a quarter of a million jobs at The Spot, in light of the decline in the US economy, as well as the global one, as a result of the pandemic that has left 75 million injured so far, and imposed closures of months in many productive sectors.

On Saturday night, he introduced key members of his environmental team, saying his administration will make the fight against global warming a mainstay in its efforts to rebuild the US economy affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Existential threat

He also noted that these people “will lead the ambitious plan of my administration to face the existential threat of our time: climate change.” “People, we are in crisis. Just as we need to be a united nation to tackle COVID-19, we need a unified national response to climate change,” he added during a speech in Wilmington, Delaware.

Descendant of the indigenous people

Among the candidates Biden presented yesterday was the Representative, Deb Haaland, whom he had chosen for the post of Secretary of the Interior. If the Senate agrees with this designation, Haaland will be the first American Indian to receive the portfolio from the Interior, the ministry especially responsible for natural resources.

In addition, he indicated that his administration will work to modernize the water, transportation and energy infrastructure so that it is better equipped to withstand harsh weather conditions, thus creating many job opportunities. He also said he wants to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations and 1.5 million energy-efficient homes.

A quarter of a million jobs

He also added that his management would create a quarter of a million jobs “immediately” by hiring people to work on oil and gas wells.

Biden reiterated that he would return his country to the Paris climate accord, which President Donald Trump had abandoned, and that he would reinstate a wide range of environmental laws that Trump had repealed.

In addition, he announced that he had chosen Gina McCarthy, director of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of former President Barack Obama, to oversee the coordination of climate policy.