Presidential Document2022-09012
Earth Day, 2022
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April 26, 2022
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April 21, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 24397-24398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09012]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 80 / Tuesday, April 26, 2022 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10372 of April 21, 2022
Earth Day, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Fifty-two years ago, millions of people gathered across
our country in a rally to protect our planet. This
collective action gave birth to a new movement and
spurred the creation of landmark environmental laws
that protect the air we breathe and the water we drink.
Today, we must recapture that spirit and, as I said in
my Inaugural Address, heed a cry for survival that
comes from the planet itself.
In their most recent report, the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change provided yet another round of
evidence that climate change is no longer in the
distant future--it is here. Last year, extreme weather
and climate disasters cost our communities $145 billion
and claimed hundreds of lives. In the summer of 2021
alone, nearly 1 out of every 3 Americans experienced a
weather disaster. The climate crisis is upending lives
across the country and around the world. Environmental
injustices continue to exact a toll on the health of
communities of color, low-income communities, and
Tribal and Indigenous communities. A number of wildlife
species in the United States and around the world are
facing an extinction crisis unparalleled in human
history. The environmental challenges of our time call
for historic action, and we intend to meet the moment.
That is why my Administration has launched the most
ambitious environmental and climate agenda in history.
We have made the bold commitment to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions in the United States by 50 to 52 percent
by 2030, reach 100 percent carbon pollution-free
electricity by 2035, and achieve net zero emissions
economy-wide by no later than 2050. To work toward
these goals, we have taken action across every sector
of the economy, including setting the strongest-ever
standards for greenhouse gas emissions from passenger
vehicles, tackling super-pollutants like methane and
hydrofluorocarbons, investing billions in the
deployment of clean technologies, and launching the
American offshore wind industry.
In addition, I was proud to start the ``America the
Beautiful'' initiative, our first-ever voluntary
national conservation goal to conserve 30 percent of
America's lands and waters by 2030.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is a once-in-a-
generation opportunity to build on these actions and
accelerate our Nation's ability to confront the
environmental and climate challenges we face. It will
allow us to remediate and reclaim abandoned mine lands
and oil wells leaking methane while putting Americans
to work in good paying jobs; invest in coastal wetlands
and habitats that can protect infrastructure and homes
during storms; replace lead pipes that plague
underserved communities and remove dangerous chemicals
from our drinking water; restore watersheds and rivers;
create fish passage to protect iconic species, such as
salmon; restore forests as carbon sinks; build
resilience to climate impacts including droughts, heat,
floods, and wildfires; and build a national network of
electric vehicle charging stations to accelerate our
transition to electric mobility.
As my Administration implements this agenda, we are
following through on our commitment to ensuring that
our investments advance equity and
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justice and reach communities across the country--
including rural communities, communities of color, and
low-income communities. We will be guided by the
steadfast conviction of Earth Day founder Gaylord
Nelson, my friend and former colleague, that ``every
person has the inalienable right to a decent
environment,'' including those who have long been shut
out of decisions that directly affect their lives and
who are most likely to bear the brunt of pollution and
climate change.
The responsibility to confront the climate crisis is
not solely on the United States. It requires leaders
across the world committing to a clean energy future.
On my first day in office, I fulfilled my promise to
rejoin our Nation to the Paris Agreement to tackle the
climate crisis at home and abroad.
For the future of our planet, for our health, and for
our children and grandchildren, we must act now. Let us
stand united in this effort to save our planet and, in
the process, strengthen our economy and grow more
connected to each other and the world we share.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 22,
2022, as Earth Day. I encourage all Americans to
participate in programs and activities that will deepen
their understanding of environmental protection, the
urgency of climate change, and the need to create a
healthier, safer, more equitable future for all people.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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