Climate progress remains elusive for Biden on Earth Day


              President Joe Biden salutes after speaking at Green River College, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Auburn, Wash. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
            President Joe Biden talks with Teri Gobin, Chairwoman, Tulalip Tribes, after signing an executive order intended to help restore national forests devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, during an event at Seward Park on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) President Joe Biden speaks at Seward Park on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) President Joe Biden arrives to speak at Seward Park on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Seattle. From left, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., Biden, Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) President Joe Biden speaks at Seward Park on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) President Joe Biden walks with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., as they arrive at Seward Park on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Seattle. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., is at right. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) President Joe Biden speaks at Seward Park on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) 
              This photo provided by California State Parks shows the Pioneer Tree one of the few remaining old-growth coastal redwoods at Samuel P. Taylor State Park, Calif., on Thursday, March 24, 2022, after it collapsed from a fire. (California State Parks via AP)
            
              This photo provided by California State Parks shows the Pioneer Tree one of the few remaining old-growth coastal redwoods at Samuel P. Taylor State Park, Calif., on Thursday, March 24, 2022, after it collapsed from a fire. (California State Parks via AP)
            In this photo provided by the National Park Service, fallen trees smolder after a wildfire at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Winds are expected to intensify through the end of the week as firefighters battle blazes across the Southwest. Resources are tight, and fire managers are scrambling to get crews on board. (Richard Ullmann/National Park Service via AP)