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Biden says history is "watching us now" on climate as he makes first visit by sitting U.S. president to Amazon rainforest

www.cbsnews.com Biden says history is "watching us now" on climate as he makes first visit by sitting U.S. president to Amazon rainforest

Mr. Biden has made addressing climate change a key part of his policy agenda.

Summary

President Biden became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest, emphasizing the global urgency of combating climate change.

During his historic visit, he called protecting the environment “a fight for humanity, citing achievements such as rejoining the Paris Agreement, boosting climate financing to $11 billion annually, and advancing green energy through the Inflation Reduction Act

He announced new conservation efforts, including $50 million for the Amazon Fund, and declared Nov. 17 as International Conservation Day.

Biden urged leaders to prioritize both environmental protection and economic growth, leaving a climate-focused legacy amid concerns over President-elect Trump’s rollback plans.

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History will not judge him kindly. He oversaw a hiatus on his country's march to fascism but ultimately chose upholding the status quo over real change that would actually have stopped it
Oh NOW history is watching! Hasn’t been watching for the last 4 years at all it seems but I guess history took a little break.
They're watching us do nothing when the planet burns. Wonder what they think of us, probably something like this
Yup, history is watching us completely drop the ball here. History is watching Joe Biden fail to rise to the occasion of addressing the onslaught of US fascism. The environment, peace, wealth, and our very freedoms are now in dire peril.
This was so important to me that I decided to only do it a month before I'm leaving.
It was watching you for the last 4 years, Joe.
Not for nothing, but waiting until the waning days and weeks of your presidency to take a trip to the Amazon and say this feels a little ... lackluster.

And exactly the kind of thing people are grilling the Democrats for after the election. Biden should have been saying this in his first year, not the 11th hour.
Is history watching how we handle Gaza and Israel too?
Wasn't this the administration bragging about approving a record number of fracking permits?
History is watching you fly a military escort to the amazon and back for a photo op you dip
Lets see him be the first fracking-suporting president to drink the water in an area where fracking has permanently destroyed the groundwater with forever chemicals.

Who cares if he visits a rainforest. Thats utterly meaningless.
Lol.

We just voted against addressing climate change and, in fact, for making it worse.

Humans are going to destroy this planet. That is indisputable. The only question is if we'll have the means to leave for another one before it's too late.
Fuck you too, Joe.
Yes, Joe!

Do more shit for the next admin to immediately dismantle. At least to keep them busy for a few weeks.
Will miss you Biden. I saw the policies youve tried and how hard you were filibusted on climate policies.
meaningless
Oh so that's the context. I saw some Alt-Righters joking about how Biden "vanished in the rain forest never to be seen again"
holy shit I hate these soulless motherfuckers so goddamned much
There won’t be anyone left to read the history.

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