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Seattle (AFP) – President Joe Biden marked Earth Day on Friday by ordering protections for ancient forests and pondering a future without his beloved gas-guzzling Corvette sports car, but after 14 months in office his more ambitious climate goals look elusive. The Democrat has campaigned heavily for environmental protections and US leadership in the response to global warming, but regularly run up against lack of support in Congress. His executive order, signed in a Seattle park filled with tall trees and spring blossoms, recognized the importance of America’s old-growth forests in mitigating …