"WASHINGTON — When Joseph R. Biden Jr. was Barack Obama’s vice president, their administration brokered the landmark Paris climate accord and imposed the nation’s first federal regulations for cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
Now, as Mr. Biden runs for president, he has laid out an ambitious climate plan of his own that goes well beyond what Mr. Obama achieved, proposing $1.7 trillion in spending and a tax or fee on planet-warming pollution with the aim of eliminating the nation’s net carbon emissions by 2050.
The sweeping proposal from the typically moderate Mr. Biden demonstrates just how far the Democratic field has moved on climate change. His environmental targets are similar to the goals of the Green New Deal put forward by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, which even the House Democratic speaker has been unwilling to embrace."
Coral Davenport and Katie Glueck report for the New York Times June 4, 2019.
SEE ALSO:
"2020 Democrats' Focus on Climate Risks Alienating Midwest Voters" (Bloomberg)
"Democratic Hopeful Warren Proposes $2 Trillion 'Green Manufacturing' Plan" (Reuters)
"Biden Unveils $1.7 Trillion Climate Plan To End U.S. Carbon Emissions by 2050" (Reuters)
"Biden's Climate Plan Not Nearly Enough, Say Green Groups" (Common Dreams)
"Joe Biden, Accused Of Plagiarism In His Climate Plan, Says It Was An Accident" (HuffPost)
"Biden Echoes Climate Activists With $1.7T Plan" (ClimateWire)
"Where 2020 Democrats Stand On Climate Change" (Washington Post)
"Inslee Pushes DNC For Climate-Focused Debate" (The Hill)
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