What President Biden's Earth Day tweet might have meant

On Earth Day, we’re committed to building a future where everyone has clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and healthy communities to work and live.

By investing in climate resilience and infrastructure, and a clean energy future, we can tackle the climate crisis head-on.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 22, 2022

On Earth Day, April 22, President Joe Biden posted a tweet dedicated to the annual holiday, giving his word for a greener tomorrow for the United States. Although President Biden’s tweet was criticized by many, it was also his way of simply saying “Happy Earth Day.”

While Earth Day can be happy, it also brings up many issues surrounding the earth’s climate change and how large corporations are contributing to this damage to the planet. President Biden states that he surely supports a sustainable future and in the past has encouraged businesses to move toward zero-emissions futures.

However, this tweet President Biden posted was quite vague. It is unclear what he means exactly by “investing in climate resilience and infrastructure.” How does one invest in resilience?

What I suppose he meant to say was “By investing in products/companies that promote and delegate climate resilience and infrastructure, and a clean energy future, we can tackle the climate crisis head-on.”

All in all, President Biden could have surely constructed a stronger and clearer message for Earth Day, and perhaps mentioned some of his specific promises and plans for the U.S. to reduce its carbon footprint as a whole.

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