The Los Angeles Times editorial board published a piece Friday calling on President Biden to declare a climate emergency, which would empower him to utilize more executive authority to curb carbon emissions in the United States. TRUMP EASILY WINS TEXAS CPAC 2024 GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION STRAW POLL; DESANTIS SECOND"The [climate change] threat now is so dire that we need Biden to deliver on his pledge," they wrote. Despite the editors supporting a hypothetical Biden climate change declaration of emergency, they condemned then-President Trump's 2019 border emergency executive order. "But unlike Trump’s misuse of that authority for his wall, there is actually a legitimate legal basis for calling climate change a national emergency," they wrote. They are "concerned about the risks of Biden doing too little, especially in light of his uneven and contradictory climate record."

Source: Los Angeles Times August 07, 2022 22:38 UTC