Biden puts US back into fight to slow global warming

President Biden speaking during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington on Jan 20, 2021. Photos: AP

President Joe Biden returned the United States to the worldwide fight to slow global warming in one of his first official acts yesterday and immediately launched a series of climate-friendly efforts that would transform how Americans drive and get their power.

"A cry for survival comes from the planet itself, ” Biden said in his inaugural address. "A cry that can’t be any more desperate or any more clear now.”