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Sohn: A major fight against climate change is now; the last weeks of Trump’s term

National Weather Service, via Twitter/From Texas to Maine, all but six coastal counties suffered maximum sustained winds from tropical storms and hurricanes in 2020. With at least 29 named storms, the year's hurricane season has been the busiest ever recorded — and it's not over.
National Weather Service, via Twitter/From Texas to Maine, all but six coastal counties suffered maximum sustained winds from tropical storms and hurricanes in 2020. With at least 29 named storms, the year's hurricane season has been the busiest ever recorded — and it's not over. National Weather Service, via Twitter/From Texas to Maine, all but six coastal counties suffered maximum sustained winds from tropical storms and hurricanes in 2020. With at least 29 named storms, the year's hurricane season has been the busiest ever recorded — and it's not over.

By Pam Sohn 5 min read

Don’t write off the world. But don’t count out climate change, either.

With Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, the real fight is just beginning in earnest, especially given that we’ve lost four years and counting (see below) to Donald Trump’s destructive time in office.

Consider the energy and environmental headlines of last week:

* The Trump administration, in a late push, moves to sell oil rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The formal process of selling leases there to oil companies is set to begin just before the Jan. 20 inauguration of Biden and his vice president-elect, Kamala Harris.

* Biden plans to move fast with his ‘”climate administration.” Eager to elevate climate change issues throughout his administration, the president-elect already is drafting orders to reduce planet-warming pollution and is seeking nominees who will embed a climate-fight agenda throughout all agencies and departments in government.