President Joe BidenOn Wednesday, the executive order will be signed by President Obama to leverage federal buying power and reduce its carbon emissions to as low as 65% by 2030. The administration’s latest effort to combat human-caused climate changes is to become carbon neutral by midcentury.

Under the order, the White House is set to spend billions of dollars to expand its federal fleet of electric vehicles, upgrade buildings owned or leased by the government and add more clean electricity to the country’s grid.

The new plan, which will likely face pushback by some Republicans and businesses, puts the government on track to run on carbon-zero electricity by 2030 and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

According to the White House, $650 billion will be spent annually by the government to improve efficiency in 300,000. It also intends to replace 600,000.00 cars with electric ones. fact sheet.

Biden’s directive promises that by 2035 the government will purchase 100% zero-emission vehicles. This includes light duty vehicle purchases.

According to the White House, it would coordinate with American battery- and vehicle manufacturer and chargers in order to achieve these goals. President Obama in November signed into law a bipartisan infrastructure planThis includes $7.5 Billion to create a network of electric vehicle charging stations across the country.

This order requires the government to cut emissions from federal buildings by half by 2032, have them reach net zero emissions by 2045 and develop at least 10 gigawatts new U.S. electricity generation by 2030.

In addition, the order includes “buy clean”, which directs the government in promoting the use of low-emission products in an effort expand demand for U.S. made sustainable and carbon-free goods.

According to the White House, “By reforming the Federal Government’s construction, buying, and management of its assets and operations, America will grow in clean energy and clean tech industries,”

Additionally, the administration highlighted the fact that certain agencies have already begun to work towards achieving the executive orders goals.

Next year, the Pentagon plans to complete one of the largest solar panel array projects in the nation at Edwards Air Force Base (San Diego). According to the administration, this project will increase the grid’s power output by 520 megawatts and provide more than 1000 construction and union jobs. Additionally, its solar installation and battery energy storage project at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii — the nation’s largest 100% clean energy microgrid — is set to finish in 2022.

Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee said that Biden’s orders will help the U.S. reach its climate goals and improve the sector of clean energy.

Carper stated in a statement that “putting the weight of federal government behind reducing emission is the right thing” “The federal government is the best example to follow and states should create their own plans for reducing emissions.