The Biden-Harris administrated promised more science in federal policy and the budget. After a year, many of their actions have been limited to the pandemic and conservation rollbacks on Trump policies.
as one exception). Negotiations in the House over the summer appeared to have slashed Biden’s $14 billion increase closer to $11 billion. And additional cuts to the 2022 budget were still pending final approval in the Senate as of press time in late 2021.
Otherwise, most of the administration’s science initiatives have targeted climate and the environment. For instance, Biden marked his early days in office by rolling back a list of moves by the Trump presidency that loosened or removed multiple environmental protections — moves that at the time sparked wide criticism toward Trump from the scientific community.
“These are all real, tangible things that have happened in the first six months that the [Biden] administration deserves credit for,” says Max Boykoff, director of the environmental studies program at the University of Colorado Boulder and former director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research.
Biden officially rejoined the Paris Agreement Feb. 19, promising to reach “net zero emissions economy-wide by no later than 2050.” On April 22, the White House announced a new plan to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas pollution by at least 50 percent by 2030, saying, “The United States is not waiting, the costs of delay are too great, and our nation is resolved to act now.
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