Biden now sounding like pro-oil-industry Republicans, cheering "Drill, Baby, Drill

He ran for office and entered the White House as the president who was committed to slashing emissions of carbon dioxide and other climate warming gases.

Indeed, upon entering office President Joe Biden stated that the climate crisis was the biggest threat to American national security, and told world leaders gathered for the COP26 climate summit that it was "the existential threat to human existence as we know it".

And when it came to the environment, President Biden put his money where his mouth was, signing executive orders and advancing regulation, including cracking down on methane leases from wells and pipelines and restricting drilling on federal lands.