"The 2024 Democratic Party platform makes a case for action against climate change as economic populism, a sharp contrast to Republican arguments that it would hurt the middle class.

The platform’s fourth chapter, which covers energy and environmental issues, calls the climate crisis “an existential threat to future generations who deserve better” caused by “delay and destruction by people like Donald Trump and his friends in big oil.”

This section of the platform frontloads the economic argument, noting that the renewable energy industry has created hundreds of thousands of jobs already and citing Energy Department projections that Biden administration policies will cut electricity rates up to 9 percent by 2030. It also cites the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax credits for the purchase of new and used electric vehicles (EVs) and the expected savings from stricter fuel economy and tailpipe standards."

Zack Budryk reports for The Hill August 20, 2024. [2]

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"'24 Democratic Party Platform" (DNC)
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FINAL-MASTER-PLATFORM.pdf [3]

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