The Biden administration will propose requiring all major federal contractors to set targets for reducing their emissions in line with the 2015 Paris climate accord.
The administration plans to highlight the proposal when Biden attends the climate talks on Friday, as well as during a Saturday event at the summit featuring Brian Deese, the director of the National Economic Council, and Ali Zaidi, the White House national climate adviser.
The proposed rule covers roughly 85 percent of the emissions associated with the federal supply chain, which are more than double the emissions stemming from operating the government’s 300,000 buildings and 600,000 vehicles combined, the White House said. Once enacted, officials said, the rule would make the United States the first national government to require major suppliers to set climate goals aligned with the Paris agreement.Under the proposal, federal contractors receiving between $7.
A senior administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly, said the regulation would protect the federal supply chain from increasingly common disruptions linked to climate change, such as heat waves that can strain the electricity grid.
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