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Joe Biden was America’s first climate president. Did it matter?

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Joe Biden was America’s first climate president. Did it matter?

By Jake Bittle and Zoya Teirstein

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.

When Joe Biden first became president, some found it hard to believe that he cared very much about climate change.

With a global pandemic raging, the former vice president and longtime senator pitched his 2020 campaign as a return to normalcy and a referendum on the erratic leadership of Donald Trump.

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Seaweed Farms Are An Important Carbon Sequestration Strategy

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We know that plants sequester carbon dioxide. The Amazon rainforest (what’s left of it), mangrove swamps, and sea grasses all remove carbon dioxide from the air. But a recent study by the Oceans 2050 Global Seaweed Project found that seaweed farming can also be an important source of carbon sequestration. … [continued]

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