Biden taunts Trump in the Amazon jungle for threatening his green legacy: 'nobody can reverse it'

President Joe Biden taunted President-elect Donald Trump during a circuit of the Amazon rainforest Sunday, saying 'nobody tin reverse' his greenish legacy. 

Biden - on with girl Ashley and granddaughter Natalie - took a chopper circuit of the Amazon, earlier walking done a information of the rainforest astatine the Museu da Amazônia in Manaus, Brazil.

Trump ran a run connected afloat embracing fossil fuels and hired a fracking institution CEO arsenic his Department of Energy secretary. 

'It's nary concealed that I'm leaving bureau successful January,' Biden said successful a little connection to the press. 'I volition permission my successor and my state a beardown instauration to physique connected if they take to bash so.' 

Biden said that portion immoderate question to 'deny oregon delay' the cleanable vigor gyration 'nobody, cipher tin reverse it.'

'Not erstwhile truthful galore people, careless of enactment oregon politics, are enjoying its benefits. Not erstwhile countries astir the satellite are harnessing the cleanable vigor gyration to propulsion up themselves,' the 81-year-old Democrat said. 

'The question present is, which authorities volition basal successful the mode and which volition prehend the tremendous economical opportunity,' Biden added. 

Senior medication officials who briefed reporters connected the travel said Biden was capable to spot the effects of draught, deforestation and amerciable wood cutting during the tour.

The authoritative said the medication is moving hard to finalize biology rules successful the past 2 months of Biden's term.

Much of what Biden is doing tin beryllium undone by his successor, though the caller $50 cardinal committedness is already retired the door. Other efforts person a level of bipartisan support.

As for Trump rolling it each back: 'Maybe he'll travel down present and spot the wood and spot the harm being done from the drought and different things and alteration his caput astir clime change,' said the official. 

Biden's ain travel came with a dense c footprint.  

An online calculator puts the outgo of the little travel by a smaller 757 (Air Force One is simply a modified 747) 45 tons of C02.

According to the U.S. Government's Office of Science and Technical information, the Blackhawk helicopters that the president sometimes uses for transport emits 0.2-1.4 g/kg substance of particulate matter, for the T700 engine, depending connected the fuel. 

The feds person conducted reports connected the gaseous and particulate-matter emissions erstwhile the craft are utilized successful populated areas. 

Multiple helicopters were utilized during the aerial tour. 

Biden called attraction to the value of preserving the rainforest arsenic a planetary c descend conscionable days aft leaders gathered for the yearly COP20 clime alteration summit. 

This year's clime league was held successful fossil fuel-generating Baku, Azerbaijan.

The president spoke however the Amazon is called the 'lungs of the world.' 

'But successful my view, our forests and nationalist wonders are the bosom and psyche of the world,' helium said. 'They unite us, they animate us, they marque america arrogant of our country's heritage.' 

Biden highlighted however the Amazon rainforest took 15 cardinal years to grow. 

'History is virtually watching america now. So let's sphere this ineffable spot for our clip and everlastingly - for the payment of each humanity,' helium said. 

The president past ignored a shouted question connected his determination to greenlight Ukraine's usage of long-range weapons into Russia - arsenic he's refused to talk to the property during the duration of his South America trip. 

In this case, maracas were being loudly played by the local indigenous circuit guides who had shown the president and his household members around.

The Democrat hasn't answered questions from reporters since Vice President Kamala Harris' bruising predetermination nonaccomplishment to Trump - but to suggest he'd similar to spot a TV camera whack a writer successful the head. 

She had asked if helium thought he'd beryllium capable to get a Middle East ceasefire earlier January 20th, erstwhile Trump takes over.  

Biden's stopever in Manaus came aft helium attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit successful Lima, Peru.

He'll get Sunday nighttime successful Rio de Janeiro to be his last G20 acme arsenic the U.S. president. 

Ahead of his rainforest tour, the White House released a information expanse Sunday detailing taht the U.S. has reached $11 cardinal successful planetary clime financing, volition proclaim  November 17th to beryllium 'International Conservation Day,' enactment $50 cardinal toward the Amazon Conservation Fund, and allocate $10 billion in nationalist and backstage concern for onshore restoration and 'bioeconomy-related projects' by 2030.

The publication comes aft the medication announced plans for a $500 cardinal publication past year.  

The travel is simply a swan opus for Biden, which helium underlined by breaking with his accustomed regular by attending a meal gathering astatine the ornate Government Palace during APEC successful Lima. 

Then helium had his a gathering with Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday, hosted connected the Chinese leader's edifice successful an upscale neighborhood, arsenic portion of what what the White House described arsenic a rotation of governmental turf.

In Rio de Janeiro, Biden volition beryllium staying astatine a edifice connected the formation nether dense defender by the Brazilian military, with a naval vas patrolling the seashore disconnected the city's famed Copacabana beach. 

He is visiting for yearly gathering of G20 leaders. He'll beryllium connected the crushed for little than 48 hours earlier heading location to Washington.

Brazil's left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva blasted 'neoliberalism' successful remarks mounting the code for the event, arsenic Biden and different politically weakened leaders commencement to rotation into town.

'Neoliberalism has worsened the economical and governmental inequality that is presently plaguing democracies,' helium said.

The preliminary docket released by the White House has Biden launching an confederation against hunger and poorness successful a metropolis whose iconic beaches are surrounded by impoverished favelas.

He is besides acceptable to be a reception for leaders successful what is apt to beryllium his past planetary conference, aft spending decades jetting to each mode of planetary gatherings arsenic a senator, vice president and president.

Then, helium is acceptable to person a 'working lunch' with the Brazilian president, earlier heading backmost to Washington connected Air Force One for the past 2 months of his term.