The president stopped short of declaring a formal climate emergency, which Democrats and environmental groups have been seeking after Sen. Joe Manchin quashed hopes for sweeping legislation to address climate change.
through programs administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies. and the United States. Temperatures reached 115 degrees in Portugal as wildfires raged in Spain and France, and Britain on Tuesday shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered. At least 60 million Americans could experience triple-digit temperatures over the next several days as cities around the U.S.
Climate change makes extreme weather more frequent and intense, and heat waves are no exception. Each day. Climate Central's new Climate Shift Index shows you where weather patterns are most connected to climate change. Climate storyteller Chase Cain joins LX News host Marcel Clarke to show the index and how it depicts Texas and New Mexico during this heat wave.
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said he was “confident that the president is ultimately ready to do whatever it takes in order to deal with this crisis." Such a declaration would be similar to the one issued by Biden’s Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, who declared a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border when lawmakers refused to allocate money for that effort.
For now, Manchin has said he will only agree to a legislative package that shores up subsidies to help people buy insurance under the 2010 health care law and allows Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices that will ultimately lower the cost of pharmaceuticals for consumers.
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