.MikeBloomberg: Trump refuses to lead on climate change—but I refuse to wait | Opinion
Earlier this week, reporters asked me why I was in Madrid for the U.N. climate summit rather than back home on the campaign trail. The answer was simple: I went because President Donald Trump refused to go.
When we launched, our goal was to retire one-third of U.S. coal plants by 2020. So far, we've retired more than half—299 out of 530. And now we've set a goal of retiring all of them by 2030. I'm running for president to defeat Trump, whose reckless and unethical behavior in the Oval Office is a threat to our values and national security, and start reuniting and rebuilding America, including by building a 100 percent clean energy economy.
Former New York Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg arrives to speak about his plan for clean energy during a campaign event at the Blackwall Hitch restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia, on December 13.We don't know what technological advancements will occur in the future, but we can accelerate their development.
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