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HOW HARD IT WILL BE FOR BIDEN: President Joe Biden’s new pledge for the U.S. to cut its economy-wide emissions 50% to 52% by 2030 — unveiled at his climate summit this morning — means largely eliminating coal from electricity, reducing natural gas use significantly, and definitely no new gas plants without carbon capture, according to various recent analyses we’ve reviewed.