Climate: facing an "existential threat", Joe Biden promises to use his executive powers

US President Joe Biden at the site of the former Brayton Point power station in Somerset, July 20, 2022. REUTERS - JONATHAN ERNST

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The United States is also overheating with temperature records in several states.

While the US president's big climate plan was buried by Congress for lack of a majority, Joe Biden promised on Wednesday to use his executive powers to try to act despite everything.

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With our correspondent in Miami,

While 100 million Americans are placed on heat wave alert, Joe Biden went to northeast Massachusetts to the site of a former polluting coal factory being converted to wind power to deliver his message.

Climate change is " 

 " as well as an "

 ", the US president said.

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 ", he added.

But his last hopes of passing his climate plan to Congress were dashed last week by a senator from his own majority,

and refuses to sign a text, even a minimum.

Declaration of a state of emergency

So Biden promises to use his executive powers.

“

,” he said.

Many in their majority are calling on Joe Biden to declare a state of climate emergency.

The maneuver would allow it to use military funds to develop renewable energies and try to meet its commitments to reduce greenhouse gases.

The White House could announce it in the coming days.

► To read also: United States: climate change could cost 2000 billion dollars by the end of the century

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