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Is Biden a good climate president?

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Biden as Joe the Octopus

Assim Prakash, a political science professor at the University of Washington, specializes in climate policy. He's a big proponent of the Joe the Octopus theory that all these quote unquote fossil fuel giveaways are actually strategies to short political support from key moderates for his more ambitious climate goals. The Willow Project is a giant Alaskan oil venture that a lot of climate activists have really condemned. Biden approves it because he thinks in his political calculations, keeping Alaska delegation good humor is important.

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