Six 2020 hopefuls released plans just in time for CNN’s seven-hour climate town hall tonight
“A farmer practicing smart soil management in Iowa should be as much a symbol of combating climate change as someone driving an electric vehicle in Los Angeles,” he wrote in a statement accompanying the plan.
Like Booker and others, he proposes an economy-wide carbon tax, with the revenue going directly back to Americans. And like Biden, Buttigieg says he will use the power of American diplomacy and leadership to influence other countries to meet global climate goals and restore America’s “damaged” credibility internationally.
Mayor Pete’s proposed timeline: Double clean electricity use by 2025. Get to zero emissions from passenger vehicles and electricity generation by 2035. And achieve fully net-zero emissions in the U.S. by 2050. He’s also promised to quadruple federal clean energy research and development funding to $25 billion per year by 2025.California Senator Kamala Harris was one of the last to release her plan, which dropped early Wednesday morning.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Democrats propose spending trillions to fight climate changeCandidates are releasing their plans to address climate change.
Read more »
Pete Buttigieg released a sweeping climate change proposal on Wednesday, calling it 'one of the greatest tests in our history'Most of the other Democratic candidates have released comparably ambitious climate change proposals, which include similar approaches as those Buttigieg is calling for.
Read more »
Here's where the top Democratic 2020 candidates stand on climate changeClimate change has escalated into one of the most important issues for Democratic voters, so here's where each of the 10 leading Democratic candidates stand on climate change.
Read more »
Democrats Propose Trillions in Spending on Climate-Focused Plans to Restructure EconomyThree more Democratic presidential candidates have rolled out plans to address climate change through trillions of dollars in government investment and a fundamental overhaul of the American energy economy.
Read more »