Biden speaks on his climate legacy amid concerns over incoming Trump administrationSource Reuters
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00:00Back home, I signed the most significant climate change law in history, a law that positioned
00:07us to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030.
00:13This generated $450 billion in new clean energy investments, and that's created hundreds of
00:20thousands of good-paying jobs and a manufacturing boom as well.
00:25Folks, we don't have to choose between the environment and the economy.
00:31We can do both.
00:33We've proven it back home.
00:36It's no secret that I'm leaving office in January.
00:41I will have my – I will leave my successor and my country in a strong foundation to build
00:46on if they choose to do so.
00:49It's true some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that's underway
00:55in America, but nobody – nobody can reverse it, nobody, not when so many people, regardless
01:03of party or politics, are enjoying its benefits, not when countries around the world are harnessing
01:11the clean energy revolution to pull ahead themselves.
01:15The question now is which government will stand in the way and which will seize the
01:22enormous economic opportunity.