From skiing to disaster relief: Bidens green legacy job boom [Video]

As President Joe Biden prepares to depart the Oval Office, the end and pinnacle of a half-century of public service, he leaves behind a long legacy now firmly capped with the title of the first green president.

In addition to rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, he passed signature legislation, such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the landmark Inflation Reduction Act, which pumps hundreds of billions of dollars into creating a greener and more sustainable nation while inching toward national climate goals. The legislation aims to transform the country from top to bottom, from creating more sustainable neighborhoods to how major infrastructure projects and federal economic policy are planned and executed. While Biden’s presidency is often heralded as environmentally groundbreaking, it’s not without significant flaws and contradictions. Despite passing a slew of new rules aimed at delivering environmental justice for communities of color, his EPA has done very littleto effect meaningful change or enforce its ever-growing list of rules. Despite rhetoric to the contrary, Biden …