"The climate change primary officially began last night.

The starting gun was a marathon session of five town halls that CNN hosted with five of the big names running as Democrats for president. In most of the hourlong sessions, global warming was a major theme, and — more significantly — all five candidates started to sketch out how their visions on climate change would differ from those of their rivals.

The focus wasn't a total surprise.

Four of the five contenders on stage — Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts — are co-sponsors of a congressional resolution that promotes the Green New Deal. The fifth, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, previously had voiced support for the Green New Deal and its plan of fighting climate change with a massive, government-led jobs program."

Mark K. Matthews and Adam Aton report for ClimateWire April 23, 2019. [2]

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