Bernie Sanders Unveils Most Extreme Climate Change Plan of All 2020 Dems
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) released a climate change plan Thursday that far exceeds the plans of other Democrats in both ambition and cost, according to the New York Times.
Sanders, who supported the infamous Green New Deal posted by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), gave his plan the same title and wants to eliminate fossil fuel use completely by 2050.
The Sanders plan carries a price tag of $16.3 trillion, including $200 billion committed to assisting poor nations in dealing with climate change and its impacts. . .
Sanders said his plan will pay for itself in 15 years by imposing fees on the fossil fuel industry and eliminating subsidies, scaling back military spending, and increasing tax revenue through new renewable energy jobs. Sanders claimed that the plan would create 20 million jobs. . .
Sanders’ plan does not embrace nuclear energy, instead calling for a moratorium on nuclear power plant license renewals and referring to nuclear energy as a “false solution.” For some, that undermines the value of the plan. (Read more from “Bernie Sanders Unveils Most Extreme Climate Change Plan of All 2020 Dems” HERE)
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