With President Trump rolling back protections, what do Democrat presidential hopefuls hope to do differently?
Later this month, students around the globe will launch a week-long climate strike, calling for emergency action to reverse climate change and an end to the worldwide dependence on fossil fuels.
But throughout Trump’s time in the White House, the Republican president has focused on growing the production of fossil fuels, which are both bad for public health and harmful for the environment. Trump also withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Accords. “The fact of the matter is that we make up 15 percent of the problem. The rest of the world makes up 80, 85 percent of the problem,” Biden said.
Bernie Sanders, the independent US Senator from Vermont and self-described socialist, has called for the criminal prosecution of polluters. Elizabeth Sanders, another progressive candidate, wrote on Twitter on Friday that she would sign “an executive order that puts a total moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases for drilling offshore and on public lands” on his first day in office.Warren has also promoted incentives for farmers to invest in environment-friendly practices that reduce carbon emissions, as well as investments in green research.
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has proposed a $1 trillion investment and hopes to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. He also plans to create a “US Climate Corps,” dedicated to repairing and rebuilding infrastructure in a way that makes it better able to weather the impact of climate change, CNBC reports.US Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, left, and US Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, right, take part in a debate for the Texas US Senate, October 16, 2018, in San Antonio.
Earmarked in the plan is $1.2 trillion for “economic diversification and development grants for communities that have been and are being impacted by changes in energy and the economy”.US Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks as US Senator Cory Booker and former US Representative Beto O'Rourke listen at the first US 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami, Florida, US, June 26, 2019.
Much of Booker’s climate rhetoric stems from a worldview rooted in the notion of racial equity, and as a senator he has pushed to strengthen environmental programmes on the federal level.Booker, himself a vegetarian, has also spoken out about the role of the meat industry in climate change.Democratic presidential candidate businessman Andrew Yang speaks at the New Hampshire state Democratic Party convention, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Manchester, NH.
His proposed rules – among them requiring all new cars to be emissions-free by 2030, while making electricity net zero by 2035 – have been described as “aggressive”, and Yang wants to halt new leases for oil and gas development on public lands while putting an end to existing leases.Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during the New Hampshire state Democratic Party convention, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Manchester, NH.
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