The executive order represents something significant the administration can do on its own to meet the President’s ambitious climate goals as his climate and economic package is negotiated in Congress.
The federal government maintains 300,000 buildings, drives 600,000 cars and trucks in its vehicle fleet and spends hundreds of billions of dollars each year. As Biden attempts to spur a clean energy transformation in the US, leveraging federal buying power is one way to start the transition.
The order sets several interim targets. It asks for a 65% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and…
