Assessing Biden’s Climate Plan

<p>President Biden’s plans for curbing the most devastating impacts of a changing climate are ambitious.</p><p>His administration is not only planning a sharp U-turn from the previous White House — former President Donald Trump openly mocked the science behind human-caused climate change — but those aims go even further than the Obama administration’s.</p><p>Today, we look at the Biden administration’s environmental proposals, as well as the potential roadblocks and whether these changes can last.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/coral-davenport?smid=pc-thedaily">Coral Davenport</a>, an energy and environmental policy reporter for The New York Times. </p><p>For an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. You can read the latest edition <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily-newsletter">here</a>.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>President Biden, emphasizing job creation, has signed an array of directives that<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/climate/biden-climate-executive-orders.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> elevate climate change</a> across every level of the federal government. But <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/climate/biden-climate-change.html?smid=pc-thedaily">huge hurdles</a>, some from within his own party, lie ahead.</li><li>On taking office, Mr. Biden brought with him<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/climate/biden-climate-change.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> the largest team of climate change experts</a> ever assembled in the White House.</li><li>The Biden administration’s ambitions<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/climate/climate-change-biden-kerry.html?searchResultPosition=11?smid=pc-thedaily"> could mean big changes</a> in America’s trade, foreign relations and even defense strategy.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/the