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Diaranson 10 augustus 2022

Learning from failures: How Biden scored win on climate plan

(AP) — Over the last Another setback came in er — a coalition involving
year, President Joe Biden 2018, when voters in Wash- unions, environmentalists
watched pieces of his do- ington state rejected a carbon and industry. For example,
mestic agenda get thrown tax. If the idea couldn’t even Zaidi and national climate
overboard in an effort to get traction in such a liberal adviser Gina McCarthy went
keep it afloat. Free com- corner of the country, Gold- to Colorado last September
munity college, child care fuss said, what chance did it for the board meeting of the
funding, expanded pre- have nationally? Edison Electric Institute,
school — all left behind. which represents utilities.
Stef Feldman, a domestic Other meetings involved au-
But there was at least one policy adviser, said Biden’s toworkers, mineworkers and
critical piece that emerged experience as vice president clean energy companies.
largely intact, albeit not un- informed his thinking about
scathed. The legislation ap- climate policy when he start- Climate policy was rolled
proved by the Senate over ed running for the White into Biden’s largest domes-
the weekend includes nearly House in 2019. tic agenda, which included
$400 billion for clean energy expanded educational and
initiatives, the country’s larg- “He had seen President safety net programs. Biden
est-ever investment in fight- said. more cleanly. Obama work very hard to get soon faced a roadblock when
ing global warming. cap and trade over the finish a central piece of his plan to
For the White House, the But with the economy still line,” she said. “He knew that push utilities off fossil fuels,
The measure, which includes final result is proof of an ap- struggling to recover from we had to try something dif- known as the clean electric-
other provisions on taxes and proach — more focused on the recession and Republi- ferent.” ity standard, was left on the
prescription drugs, is expect- incentives than regulations cans in opposition, the leg- drawing board. Then whole
ed to be passed by the House or penalties — that was born islation stalled in 2010. Joe Ali Zaidi, the deputy national thing ground to a halt when
on Friday before going to from the failure to advance Manchin, the West Virginia climate adviser, said Biden negotiations between the
Biden’s desk for his signa- climate policy more than Democrat who was running was helped by the fact that White House and Manchin
ture. In a statement to The a decade ago, when Biden for Senate at the time, re- clean energy had become stalled in December.
Associated Press, Biden said served as vice president. leased a campaign advertise- more affordable and recog-
the legislation will help ful- ment in which he fired a rifle nizable in recent years. Manchin began talking again
fill his campaign promise to After President Barack at a copy of the bill. with Senate Majority Leader
“build a clean energy future Obama took office in 2009, “This is a set of technolo- Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,
and create jobs for American Democrats began pushing Christy Goldfuss, the senior gies and a set of solutions for this year, starting with a din-
workers building that fu- legislation that would create vice president for energy and which time has come,” he ner at an Italian restaurant on
ture.” a cap-and-trade program to environment policy at the said. “He was able to speak Capitol Hill. White House
limit greenhouse gas emis- Center for American Prog- to an American people who officials kept their focus on
“Our children and grandchil- sions. ress, was working on Capitol knew tangibly what this him too. Brian Deese, direc-
dren will remember this for Hill at the time. She said the meant, and the economics tor of the National Economic
many years to come: this bill The proposal would have failure was “absolutely dev- lined up to propel action.” Council, traveled to West
changes their lives and se- limited emissions and forced astating to the climate com- Virginia with Energy Secre-
cures their future more than industries to buy permits to munity, and really led to deep White House officials said tary Jennifer Granholm and
almost anything Washington release emissions, creating a reflection and introspection.” they made a sustained effort and Interior Secretary Deb
has done for decades,” he financial incentive to operate to build — and hold togeth- Haaland in March.

Albuquerque police detain suspect in killing of 4 Muslim men

(AP) - Police announced shootings. Hussain, 25, was and wears the hijab head cov- New Mexico, described a why,” she said.
Tuesday that they have from Pakistan. His death ering shared with her over community reeling from the
detained a “primary sus- came just days after those of the weekend just how rattled killings, its grief compound- Some people have avoided
pect” in the killings of Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, she was. “She’s like, ‘This is ed by confusion and fear of going out unless “absolutely
four Muslim men in Al- 27, and Aftab Hussein, 41, so terrifying. I’m so scared. what may follow. necessary,” and some Muslim
buquerque, New Mexico, who were also from Pakistan I travel alone,’” Almontaser university students have been
whose deaths sparked fear and members of the same said. “We are just completely wondering whether it is safe
in Muslim communities mosque. shocked and still trying to for them to stay in the city,
nationwide. Aneela Abad, general secre- comprehend and understand she said. The center has also
The earliest case involves the tary at the Islamic Center of what happened, how and beefed up its security.
Police Chief Harold Medina November killing of Mo-
made the announcement on hammad Ahmadi, 62, from
Twitter, saying that authori- Afghanistan.
ties had tracked down a ve-
hicle believed to be involved Authorities on Monday
in one of the slayings in New sought help searching for a
Mexico’s largest city. vehicle that appeared to be
the one discovered on Tues-
“The driver was detained, day.
and he is our primary suspect
for the murders,” the tweet The common elements in
said. the deaths were the victims’
race and religion, officials
No other information was said, and police were trying
immediately available. Police to determine if the deaths are
planed to provide an update linked.
later Tuesday.
Debbie Almontaser, a Mus-
Naeem Hussain was killed lim community leader in
Friday night, and the three New York, said that a female
other men died in ambush friend who lives in Michigan