
<p>There have been reports, most notably, just as he did with his left-wing liberal COVID agenda, that Joe Biden is prepared to usurp Congressional authority and implement the radical Democrat Green New Deal by declaring a national “climate emergency.”</p>



<p>In July 2022, Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and other leftist senators in the Democratic caucus penned a letter to Biden, stating, &#8220;For too long, we have been waiting for a single piece of legislation, and a single Senate vote, to take bold action on our climate crisis. … As a result, we urge you to put us on an emergency footing and aggressively use your executive powers to address the climate crisis.&#8221;</p>



<p>Having not yet gotten their way in full, leftists in Washington, D.C., now seek to cite the wildfires in Hawaii — which appear to have been largely the result of negligence and the vain pursuit of Democrats&#8217; green agenda — as reason enough for Biden to declare a national climate emergency.</p>



<p>Markey, one of the authors of the original Green New Deal resolution, said in a statement to Politico, &#8220;The devastation in Maui is a clear sign that the president must declare a climate emergency — now.&#8221;</p>



<p>&#8220;While FEMA is providing resources to the local heroes on the ground fighting for the lives and livelihoods of Hawaiians, the underlying climate-driven conditions of drought, extreme heat, environmental injustice, and non-resilient infrastructure will remain,&#8221; added Markey.</p>



<p>Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) similarly called for a statist solution to the specter of so-called climate change, stating, &#8220;This is a crisis, and we need to treat it that way. That starts with President Biden declaring a national climate emergency to unlock vast federal resources and emergency powers to help our communities prepare for and recover from these deadly climate disasters.&#8221;</p>



<p>When asked earlier this month by the Weather Network whether he intended to make such a declaration, the 80-year-old president claimed he had done so &#8220;practically speaking.&#8221;</p>



<p>Mark Nevitt, a professor at Emory University’s School of Law, characterized a declaration of any such national climate emergency as a &#8220;skeleton key&#8221; that &#8220;unlocks the door&#8221; to other powers, reported The Hill.</p>



<p>Nevitt elaborated that by declaring a climate emergency, Biden could take various drastic actions, such as: halt crude oil exports; stop oil and gas drilling in the outer continental shelf; and restrict international trade and private investment in fossil fuels.</p>



<p>Tim Steward, president of the U.S. Oil and Gas Association, told ; the press, &#8220;If you grant the president&#8217;s emergency powers to declare a climate emergency, it&#8217;s just like COVID.&#8221;</p>



<p>Accordingly, Biden would end up with &#8220;vast and unchecked authority to shut down everything from communications to infrastructure,&#8221; said Steward.</p>

Biden to Declare “Climate Emergency,” Bypass Congress and Implement Dems Green New Deal
