NEW: Beto O’Rourke has released a sweeping, $5T plan to combat what he regularly refers to as the “greatest threat” our nation faces: climate change.
to combat what he regularly refers to as the “greatest threat” our nation faces: climate change.
On the campaign trail, O’Rourke regularly takes questions about climate change, including on Friday, when he told a questioner in Las Vegas that it was his “north star” issue — citing his children and the need to act to protect their generation. O’Rourke proposes to mobilize this capital with a $1.5 trillion investment from"revenues generated by structural changes to the tax code that ensure corporations and the wealthiest among us pay their fair share and that we finally end the tens of billions of dollars of tax breaks currently given to fossil fuel companies,” according to his campaign’s release.
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