Biden commits to rejoining disastrous Paris Climate Agreement

The New York Times, which is giddy, describes it this way: "President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday recommitted the United States to the Paris climate agreement, the international accord designed to avert catastrophic global warming, and ordered federal agencies to start reviewing and reinstating more than 100 environmental regulations that were weakened or rolled back by former President Donald J. Trump. The moves represent a first step in healing one of the deepest rifts between the United States and the rest of the world after Mr. Trump defiantly rejected the Paris pact and seemed to relish his administration’s push to weaken or undo major domestic climate policies (NY Times)." 

From Noah Rothman: This back and forth could be settled by submitting this as a treaty to the Senate for ratification. That’s is typically what you do with international “agreements” that you take the time to write down (Twitter). 

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Not a good start for the first day -- Biden shuts down Keystone, kills 11,000 jobs

What a way to start his presidency (Fox Business).

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “disappointed” but realizes this is part of what progressives demand in the name of climate change (NY Post). 

From the Wall Street Journal: Mr. Biden is sending an early signal that the climate panic will trump nearly everything else in his Administration. The unstated but operative message from the Keystone kill is that he will use regulation and permitting [restrictions] to do the dirty work (WSJ).