Congress may be a dead end for transformative climate action. But other roads and avenues are waiting for our footsteps. The most important of these is Pennsylvania Avenue.
President Biden thrust his administration into a race to confront the economic risks of global warming by signing an executive order yesterday that brought the once niche issue of climate finance into the highest levels of government.
On his first day in office, President Biden signed an executive order reinstating a flood protection policy that former President Trump had revoked. At least that's what Biden thought his order did.
