White House warns of ‘intensifying impacts of climate change’ as Biden tours flood-hit Kentucky – as it happened
by Vivian Ho (now) and Joanna Walters (previously) from Environment | The Guardian on (#6295Q)
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On Joe Biden's visit to flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky today he is not just viewing the effects through the lens of a disaster needing federal assistance but also through the lens of the climate crisis that is making events like this more intense, more common and more deadly, in America and around the world.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed the issue in her media briefing aboard Air Force One en route to Lexington with the US president and first lady Jill Biden a little earlier.
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