Bernie Sanders Releases Climate Plan

Bernie Sanders correctly pushes clean energy jobs as the economic solution to climate change:

Democratic presidential Bernie Sanders rolled out an expansive climate plan Monday that aims to cut U.S. carbon emissions 80% by 2050 and create 10 million clean energy jobs.

To accomplish these goals, the 16-page plan takes a kitchen sink approach, including everything from a tax on carbon to a ban on fracking to a push for more walkable cities.

And beyond the environmental goals, the plan has a political one, too - to enfeeble the fossil fuel industry, whom Sanders says has "bribed politicians into ignoring [climate] science"

"Climate change is the single greatest threat facing our planet," the plan states. But it hasn't been solved because "a small subsection of the one percent are hell-bent on doing everything in their power to block action."

Sanders' plans says he will "bring climate deniers to justice," citing the example of his recent call for the the Department of Justice to investigate Exxonmobil over allegations it suppressed climate science. And beyond the carbon tax, Sanders would ban fracking, ban offshore drilling, and ban the exportation of oil or liquefied natural gas.

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