Good morning. I'm Paige Winfield Cunningham from the Washington Post and this is the

Daily 202 for Thursday, January 28th. In today's news, Republicans back away from confronting Trump and his loyalists after the capital

insurrection.

And at the first coronavirus briefing, the White House acknowledges vaccines will take months. But first, here's the big idea.

After long promising to become the climate president, President Biden detailed far-ranging

plans yesterday to shift the U.S. away from fossil fuels, create millions of jobs in renewable

energy, and can serve vast swaths of public land. create millions of jobs in renewable energy

and can serve vast swaths of public lands and water.

But my colleagues, Juliet Alperin and Brady Dennis,

report that as he detailed his plans,

the gas, oil, and coal industries were already mobilizing on all fronts.

From an oil patch in Alaska to state capitals to the halls of Congress, the industries and their

allies are aiming to slow Biden's unprecedented push for climate action

and keep profits from fossil fuels flowing. Republican attorney's general from six states wrote to

Biden, warning him not to overstep his authority.

GOP lawmakers attacked his executive orders as quote job killers.

And the petroleum industry revived TV ads promoting drilling on federal lands. and saying he's going much further than President Barack Obama ever did.

At the same time, environmentalists say the danger that Earth faces

is far more dire now than it appeared during Obama's tenure

and requires an extraordinary response.

Last year essentially tied with 2016 is the hottest year ever recorded,

and scientists say the planet is speeding toward irreversible damage. In barely a week in office,

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