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Climate Change has been a central issue among others in the last presidential election of 2020. Now that President Biden has had a chance to be in office for around 100 days, a quiz must be taken. Taken to check on progress made during campaign trail promises. Among those promises was to reinstate the United States into the Paris Climate Accord. That step was taken the day President Biden entered office. Still, legislation that will bring about meaningful change is stalling in Congress -- due to debate.
In the meantime, how do Americans get a sense of the progress of the Biden administration on critical issues like climate change? One avenue is through watching (and listening) to legendary activists like MIT Professor Noam Chomsky. Professor Chomsky is up to date on such progress. Furthermore, news organizations reach out for comment on tough issues -- especially when climate change intersects with international diplomacy.
In the interview below with NBC’s Mehdi Hasan, Professor Chomsky discusses the current state of affairs concerning the environment along with politics:
Stay tuned for more commentary.
In the meantime, read and listen widely to different opinions.
How do experts line up on critical issues like climate change? How about international diplomacy?
Are these issues tied intimately, as Professor Chomsky (and others) believe?
What are your thoughts (the reader)?
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