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Biden vows ‘strong’ climate action despite dual setbacks

FILE - Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., questions Interior Secretary Haaland during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the budget, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Citing President Joe Biden's campaign promise to end new drilling on federal lands and waters, Merkley said, "Now is the time to show the American people he’s serious by saying ‘no’ to expanding our addiction to fossil fuels.'' (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) FILE - Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., right, members of the Senate Committee on Finance, are joined by activists as they talk to reporters about corporate price gouging during this period of inflation, at the Capitol in Washington, July 14, 2022. Whitehouse suggested a series of actions President Joe Biden could take to address climate change, including “a robust social cost of carbon rule″ that would force energy producers to account for greenhouse gas emissions as a cost of doing business. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE - A pumpjack as seen on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Tatum, New Mexico. President Joe Biden is promising "strong executive action" to combat climate change, despite dual setbacks that have restricted his ability to regulate carbon emissions and boost clean energy such as wind and solar power. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File) FILE - The Utah State Capitol, rear, is shown behind an oil refinery on Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Salt Lake City. President Joe Biden is promising "strong executive action" to combat climate change, despite dual setbacks that have restricted his ability to regulate carbon emissions and boost clean energy such as wind and solar power. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) FILE - Steam is emitted from smoke stacks at a coal-fired power plant Nov. 17, 2021, in Craig, Colo. President Joe Biden is promising "strong executive action" to combat climate change, despite dual setbacks that have restricted his ability to regulate carbon emissions and boost clean energy such as wind and solar power. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) FILE - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., pay their respects as the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of Hershel W. "Woody" Williams, lies in honor in the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Washington. On Thursday Manchin said he wants to delay sweeping environmental legislation that Democrats have pushed as central to achieving President Joe Biden's ambitious climate goals. (Tom Williams/Pool photo via AP, File) FILE - President Joe Biden speaks to reporters after meetings with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Waldorf Astoria Jeddah Qasr Al Sharq hotel, July 15, 2022, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Biden is promising “strong executive action” to combat climate change, despite dual setbacks in recent weeks that have restricted his ability to regulate carbon emissions and boost clean energy such as wind and solar power. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)