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PostJune 5, 2019

The Democrats’ climate-change plans, compared

The importance of climate policy finds itself at the frontlines of the 2020 presidential campaign, a stark contrast from the previous campaign when climate change barely came up in discussion. For example, Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden’s climate change policy plans to completely eliminate greenhouse-gas emissions over the next few decades. In this article James Temple, MIT Technology Review's senior editor for energy, discusses several expansive climate policy packages of Democratic presidential candidates.

Read the full article at: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613624/the-democrats-climate-change-…

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by MIT Technology Review
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