Hours after his inauguration on Wednesday, United States President Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders as he moved swiftly to dismantle ...
Hours after his inauguration on Wednesday, United States President Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders as he moved swiftly to dismantle the policies put in place by his predecessor Donald Trump on immigration, climate change and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, reported Reuters.
“There’s no time to start like today,” Biden said in his first comments as president. “These are just all starting points.”
Notable among these, is a letter that Biden signed to re-enter the United States in the Paris climate accord, which it will officially rejoin 30 days from now. In 2019, Trump had announced that US would withdraw from the coalition of nearly 200 countries working to limit use of planet-warming fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas.
The new president of the United States also halted the country’s departure from the World Health Organization, after the Trump administration chose to withdraw the nation’s membership and funding last year, reported CNN. America’s top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci will now lead the US delegation at the global health body.
On the pandemic front, Biden signed an executive order appointing Jeffrey D Zients as the official Covid-19 response coordinator who will report to the president, in an effort to “aggressively” gear up the nation’s response to Covid-19, reported The New York...
