Stewart also said such a declaration would give the president "vast and unchecked authority to shut down everything from communications to infrastructure."He said infrastructure would include water and electricity, and that Biden also could freeze assets under such a declaration.
The calls for Biden to declare a climate emergency appear to be growing — amid what is being projected to be the hottest month in recent history and concerns the heat is the result of global warming created by greenhouse gas emmisions.
Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer recently introduced legislation to require Biden to make such a declaration that also was co-sponsored by 62 congressional Democrats.
More recently, the Guardian newspaper published an op-ed reading, "Biden must declare a climate emergency. And he must do so now."