Biden’s Attack on Climate Change Gives Surprise Reprieve to Coal
- Dirtiest-burning fossil fuel spared from federal leasing ban
- U.S. government sales of federal coal still slated for review
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President Joe Biden enlisted the entire U.S. government in the fight against climate change on Wednesday, even telling the Central Intelligence Agency to consider global warming a national security threat.
Yet he left out coal -- the fossil fuel most widely blamed for global warming -- when he froze the sale of leases to extract oil and gas from federal land.