Parting ways with Hillary and a majority of the world, Bernie denounced the Historic Paris Climate Agreement.
"While this is a step forward it goes nowhere near far enough. The planet is in crisis. We need bold action in the very near future and this does not provide that,” Sanders said in the statement.
"In the United States we have a Republican Party which is much more interested in contributions from the fossil fuel industry than they care about the future of the planet. That is true all over the globe," he said. "We’ve got to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and fight for national and international legislation that transforms our energy system away from fossil fuel as quickly as possible."
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton called the agreement "an historic step forward" in global efforts to address climate change, applauding America's leadership in the process. She called for a redoubling of efforts to transition to a "clean energy economy" in a statement following the news.
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Bernie is not alone however. Thousands of activists took to the street to also denounce a deal they feel was no where near strong enough.
Several thousand climate activists from across Europe and many from farther afield gathered peacefully near the Arc de Triomphe on Saturday to protest the outcome of the COP 21 climate conference about 12 miles away.
The demonstration was an official exception to a ban on public gatherings across France after the Paris terrorist attacks in November.
Even as the delegates at the official conference center reached a landmark accord and applauded their achievement, the crowds on the street made clear their belief that it would take much more than the measures in the deal to halt global climate change.
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Both Hillary and President Obama however, applauded this historic agreement.
President Barack Obama praised a landmark climate change agreement approved Saturday in Paris, saying it could be "a turning point for the world."
"The Paris agreement establishes the enduring framework the world needs to solve the climate crisis," the President said, speaking from the White House. "It creates the mechanism, the architecture, for us to continually tackle this problem in an effective way."
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Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, hailed the agreement in a statement, saying, "I applaud President Obama, Secretary Kerry and our negotiating team for helping deliver a new, ambitious international climate agreement in Paris."
She adds that the next decade is "critical" for implementing the agreement and tackling climate change.
"We cannot afford to be slowed by the climate skeptics or deterred by the defeatists who doubt America's ability to meet this challenge," she said.
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Here is the link to the full accord, approved by almost 200 countries.
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