You may know addressing Global Warming is my top issue. I won’t a nominee who recognize the urgency, and will use all the powers of the presidency to deal with the climate crisis.
BY REBECCA KLAR
Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, and Klobuchar each received a score of just one out of 10 on the Center For Biological Diversity Action Fund’s updated climate scorecard released Wednesday.
The group measured the six candidates set to appear in Wednesday night’s Nevada debate on 10 actions to protect the climate.
Bloomberg and Klobuchar only received a point for a commitment to “end new fossil fuel leasing,” which each of the six candidates on the scorecard received credit for.
“The stark differences between how the candidates would address the climate crisis shouldn’t be glossed over,” Kassie Siegel, climate director at the Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund, said in a statement. “Bloomberg’s climate plan contains almost no bold executive actions, firm targets to curb greenhouse pollution, or spending to confront the emergency.”
In contrast, Siegel said, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), “would use the full power of the presidency and commit trillions to fight this greatest threat to our planet.”
Sanders received the highest score from the group, with a score of 10 out of 10 based on the qualities the group looked at. Warren was second, with an 8 out of 10, losing points in two categories Sanders got a point for: plans to to “phase out existing fossil fuel production” and to “transition to a publicly-owned power system.”