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US leads in emissions reductions — what that means for Biden’s climate agenda

By Josh Siegel

Published December 12, 2020 11:17am ET

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US leads in emissions reductions — what that means for Biden’s climate agenda — Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, beside Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, right, and renderings of a park in being constructed in Boston in honor of Martin Richard, the youngest victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. | (Steven Senne/AP)

The United States has led the world in reductions of greenhouse gas emissions since 2005, mostly through private-sector innovation and market forces.

“The trend is decarbonization,” said George David Banks, chief strategist for Republicans on the House Select Climate Committee and a former international energy adviser to President Trump. “That’s likely to continue even in a business-as-usual scenario just because of innovation.”

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