Biden stops short of declaring climate emergency, takes steps on wind power

US President Joe Biden unveiled new executive steps address climate in a visit to Massachusetts on Wednesday that are expected to fall short of declaring the federal emergency many Democrats had urged.

"Climate change is literally an existential threat to our nation and to the world," Biden said.

He said the threats posed by climate change represent a true emergency, but he stopped short of declaring a federal emergency.

"This is an emergency, an emergency, and I will look at it that way."
 

Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups have been calling for the White House to take aggressive measures