‘America the beautiful’: how Biden is conserving land and water as Trump looms
by Oliver Milman with graphics by Andrew Witherspoon from on (#6NDN6)
The White House has a goal to conserve 30% of US land and water by 2030 - Trump has different plans
A week after his presidential inauguration, Joe Biden cited the climate and biodiversity crises as reasons to set a sweeping new goal - to conserve at least 30% of America's vast lands and waters by the end of the decade.
Three years on, new protections have spurred meaningful progress towards meeting the target by 2030.
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