The leading Democratic candidates all believe climate change is an existential t...
WASHINGTON - The leading Democratic candidates all believe climate change is an existential threat to the planet and have vowed to bring U.S. greenhouse gas emissions down to net-zero by 2050.
Biden’s rivals have accused him of offering a weak plan that would not achieve decarbonization goals. They point out that during his time in the Obama administration, domestic crude oil production rose 77% and the United States lifted a decades-long ban on crude oil exports.
The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, supports a national carbon tax and dividend, a method of directing revenues from fees on fossil fuels to families most affected by a transition to cleaner energy sources. Playing to her strength as a Midwestern politician, she has called for boosting the Renewable Fuel Standard, a policy supported by corn-producing states like Iowa and Nebraska that require billions of gallons of ethanol in the nation’s gasoline supply.
Gasoline-fueled cars would be phased out, while electric car-charging stations and public transport would get government support.
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