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Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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When it comes to climate policy, President Biden has accomplished more than any of his predecessors. But activists want more: They want him to declare a climate emergency. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Serena Solin and Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

We're in the thick of summer, which means we've got fires.

0:08.5

More than 400 wildfires are burning across Canada from the western provinces to Quebec,

0:14.0

turning the sky bright orange.

0:16.2

We've got heat waves, ocean temperatures off the coast of Florida this week surpassed

0:20.6

a hundred degrees, feeling more like a hot tub than a proper ocean.

0:25.1

We've got records to break.

0:27.0

New data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, shows this past July,

0:32.2

was the hottest on record in Mac.

0:34.1

In the meantime, we've got a president who's accomplished more than any other in history

0:39.4

on the climate.

0:40.4

We did it, we did it, Joe.

0:42.9

But there are a lot of climate activists who say it isn't enough.

0:46.9

They want President Biden to declare a climate emergency.

0:51.6

What that would mean and whether there's any chance he'll do it, coming up on today's

0:55.6

point.

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