Here's where they agree and disagree on environmental issues.
Should the U.S. go so far as to stop selling fossil fuels on the global market just as it nears toppling Saudi Arabia as the world’s leading oil exporter? A handful of 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls say yes.
Less than a third of the field have put a price tag on their climate-change ideas — although count Warren, Booker, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kirsten Gilliband among those that have. How exactly they’ll fund ambitious environmental fixes will have to be hammered out as the group narrows.
Related: Andrew Yang urges Americans to move to higher ground because response to climate change is ‘too late’ Sanders: The long-serving Vermont senator, who considers himself a Democratic Socialist, will push for the end of exports of coal, natural gas and crude oil, while phasing out nuclear energy. He recently detailed a $16 trillion climate plan that builds on the Green New Deal.
Read: Trump is reportedly working to prevent more automakers from California emissions rollback defection Gillibrand: The upstate New York senator will look to spend a combined $10 trillion in public and private funding on climate initiatives over a decade, paid for in part by a proposed $100 billion tax on fossil-fuel production. She’ll push for trade negotiations to include environmental provisions.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Trump Gambles That China Trade War Will Pay Off in 2020President Trump’s trade battle with China is shaping up as a definitive issue in the 2020 campaign, with shaken financial markets and fears of an economic slowdown testing the Republican’s insistence that his blunt-force trade posture will be an asset.
Read more »
Italy's 2020 deficit on track to be well below target: ministerItaly's deficit for next year is on track to be well below target with publ...
Read more »
Joe Walsh to take on Trump in 2020 Republican primaryConservative radio host and former Illinois US Rep. Joe Walsh will challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2020, he announced Sunday.
Read more »
Republican Joe Walsh Will Challenge Trump in 2020 Primary“We’ve got a guy in the White House who is unfit, completely unfit to be president, and it stuns me that nobody stepped up,” the former congressman said
Read more »
DNC members voted against a resolution allowing a single-issue 2020 'climate debate'The Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to reject single-issue presidential candidate debates over topics including climate change.
Read more »