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    Presidential Candidate Jay Inslee Unveiled His First Major Climate Plan

    Presidential Candidate Jay Inslee Unveiled His First Major Climate Plan

    Washington Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled an ambitious clean energy plan Friday, the first major policy platform for his climate-change-focused 2020 campaign. Dubbed the “100 Percent Clean Energy for America Plan,” the proposal would phase out coal over the next decade, requiring all power production to be emissions-free by 2035. The plan also mandates that all […]

    4 Reasons Why We Need a Climate Debate

    4 Reasons Why We Need a Climate Debate

    By Kaitlin Grable 1. The media still isn’t addressing climate change in a way that matches the urgency of the problem. Despite years of record-breaking extreme weather, the climate crisis usually gets minor mentions when mainstream news comments on climate-linked disasters or Trump’s pro-fossil fuel rhetoric. Climate change shouldn’t be a footnote — it should […]

    Beto O’Rourke Announces $5 Trillion Plan to Fight Climate Change

    Beto O’Rourke Announces $5 Trillion Plan to Fight Climate Change

    2020 Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke announced a $5 trillion plan to fight climate change Monday. The plan is O’Rourke’s first major policy announcement and one of the most detailed climate policies outlined in the primaries so far, Reuters reported. “We are announcing the most ambitious climate plan in the history […]

    Where Does 2020 Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Stand on the Environment?

    Where Does 2020 Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Stand on the Environment?

    On Thursday Former Vice President Joe Biden announced he will enter the crowded 2020 Democratic Primary, NPR reported, focusing his announcement video on the threat posed to America’s identity and values by President Donald Trump. “I believe history will look back on four years of this president and all he embraces as an aberrant moment […]

    ‘A New Day in New York’: City Council Passes Visionary Climate Bill

    ‘A New Day in New York’: City Council Passes Visionary Climate Bill

    By Eoin Higgins The New York City Council passed the world’s “largest single carbon reduction effort that any city, anywhere, has ever put forward” on Thursday afternoon, marking a major milestone in the fight against the climate crisis. The Climate Mobilization Act contains 10 provisions for a greener New York. “It’s a new day,” tweeted […]

    Youth-Led Petition Urges 2020 Democratic Candidates to Hold Climate Debate

    Youth-Led Petition Urges 2020 Democratic Candidates to Hold Climate Debate

    By Jake Johnson A petition calling on 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to hold a climate-specific debate has garnered over 30,000 signatures in just around 48 hours, providing evidence of the widespread grassroots pressure on White House hopefuls to offer bold and detailed solutions to the ecological crisis. Led by the U.S. Youth Climate Strike team, […]