How California Is An Example For Biden’s Climate Change Fight

Carolyn Kaster / AP Photo President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. This week President-elect Joe Biden announced that climate change is among his top four priorities when he takes office. His transition website states that global warming “poses an existential threat” and that this moment is a “once-in-a-century opportunity to jolt new life into our economy, strengthen our global leadership, and protect our planet for future generations.”

His $2 trillion climate plan would do a number of things, including making sure the nation reaches net-zero emissions by 2050 and phases out emissions from the electric sector by 2035. And California climate scientists and policy experts say if Biden wants to make his ambitious plan a reality, he should follow California’s example to get back on the international stage when it comes to curbing climate change.

Cara Horowitz , co-director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the UCLA School of Law, says the proposal is groundbreaking. “When he becomes president he will have the most ambitious climate plan of any president we’ve ever had in the United States,” she said. She also says with months of […]

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