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Elizabeth Warren Unveils $3 Trillion Climate Plan, Embracing Inslee's Goals
WASHINGTON Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts released an ambitious new climate change plan on Tuesday, embracing goals laid out by a former presidential rival and calling for $3 trillion in spending over a decade to combat human-driven global warming.
Ms. Warren made her announcement on the eve of a CNN town-hall-style event on global warming, which 10 top Democrats in the 2020 field are scheduled to attend on Wednesday the first time in a presidential campaign that the question of what to do about the heating planet has merited its own major forum on prime-time television.
...Ms. Warrens new climate plan explicitly adopts ideas from Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington, who focused his presidential campaign on combating climate change but dropped out last month after it became clear he was unlikely to qualify for the next primary debate. While his presidential campaign may be over, his ideas should remain at the center of the agenda, Ms. Warren wrote in her new climate plan.
Mr. Inslee released six detailed climate plans, totaling over 200 pages, which were widely praised by environmental policy experts for their rigor. He said he hoped they would help raise the ambition of other candidates climate policies, and he has since had conversations with several candidates about how to incorporate his ideas into their plans, said his former campaign spokesman, Jared Leopold.
In her new proposal, Ms. Warren adopts Mr. Inslees plan to eliminate planet-warming emissions from power plants, vehicles and buildings over 10 years, and adds an additional $1 trillion in spending to subsidize that transition. The spending would be paid for, she says, by reversing the Trump administrations tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corporations.
Like Mr. Inslees proposal, her plan would set regulations aimed at retiring coal-fired electricity within a decade, but also fund health care and pensions for coal miners. It would create new federal regulations on vehicle tailpipe emissions with the goal of achieving zero emissions from new light-duty passenger vehicles, medium-duty trucks and buses by 2030.
More at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-climate-change-plan.html?searchResultPosition=1
Ms. Warren made her announcement on the eve of a CNN town-hall-style event on global warming, which 10 top Democrats in the 2020 field are scheduled to attend on Wednesday the first time in a presidential campaign that the question of what to do about the heating planet has merited its own major forum on prime-time television.
...Ms. Warrens new climate plan explicitly adopts ideas from Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington, who focused his presidential campaign on combating climate change but dropped out last month after it became clear he was unlikely to qualify for the next primary debate. While his presidential campaign may be over, his ideas should remain at the center of the agenda, Ms. Warren wrote in her new climate plan.
Mr. Inslee released six detailed climate plans, totaling over 200 pages, which were widely praised by environmental policy experts for their rigor. He said he hoped they would help raise the ambition of other candidates climate policies, and he has since had conversations with several candidates about how to incorporate his ideas into their plans, said his former campaign spokesman, Jared Leopold.
In her new proposal, Ms. Warren adopts Mr. Inslees plan to eliminate planet-warming emissions from power plants, vehicles and buildings over 10 years, and adds an additional $1 trillion in spending to subsidize that transition. The spending would be paid for, she says, by reversing the Trump administrations tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corporations.
Like Mr. Inslees proposal, her plan would set regulations aimed at retiring coal-fired electricity within a decade, but also fund health care and pensions for coal miners. It would create new federal regulations on vehicle tailpipe emissions with the goal of achieving zero emissions from new light-duty passenger vehicles, medium-duty trucks and buses by 2030.
More at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-climate-change-plan.html?searchResultPosition=1
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Elizabeth Warren Unveils $3 Trillion Climate Plan, Embracing Inslee's Goals (Original Post)
BeyondGeography
Sep 2019
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blm
(112,920 posts)1. That's the way to advance and win. Proud of all our Dems.
Thank you Gov. Inslee.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
appalachiablue
(41,062 posts)2. K/R Bravo Senator Warren! and Jay Inslee.
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
ms liberty
(8,482 posts)3. K&R. n/t
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)4. "(Jay's) ideas should remain at the center of the agenda"
This tells me a lot about how President Warren will govern: A generous team captain, who is not intent on reinventing the wheel - she will take up the very best proposals from Cabinet and Congress, and run with them.
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BeyondGeography
(39,285 posts)7. My sentiments exactly
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SteveDallas
(37 posts)5. Here is a direct link to the plan!
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crazytown
(7,277 posts)6. This is indeed a great day for Democrats!
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wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)8. She describes her plan and tells us how to pay for it.
Unlike the candidate who has no plan and no way to pay for the shit he makes up.
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AndJusticeForSome
(537 posts)9. KnR! nt
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hughee99
(16,113 posts)10. I'm not taking climate change policy into account for this election
There was a story recently about how, if we dont take action before the end of 2020, the earth will be fatally wounded by negligence. By the time the next president takes office, its already too late.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48964736?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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