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Is Biden a good climate president?

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The Biden Administration's Carrots, Not Sticks

Biden broke a campaign promise to end all new oil and gas leasing on federal lands. The idea is that if you want monumental change in a hyper polarized country, then you got to give the people carrots, not sticks. People started confusing energy transition with inflation. Biden's polling plummeted. So Biden did what he could to at least look like he was combating high gas prices even if that meant looking friendly to oil and gas.

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