From the Amazon rainforest, Biden says nobody can reverse U.S. progress on clean energy
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November 18, 2024

From the Amazon rainforest, Biden says nobody can reverse U.S. progress on clean energy

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Joe Biden witnessed the devastation of drought up close as the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that nobody can reverse “the clean energy revolution that’s underway in America” even as the incoming Trump administration is poised to scale back efforts to combat climate change.

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