Valin Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Mother Jones His ambitious Green New Deal-style climate proposal is a direct challenge to Beto O’Rourke Alexander C. Kaufman May 3 2019 This story was originally published by HuffPost and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Jay Inslee unveiled a sweeping plan Friday to all but eliminate planet-warming emissions from power plants, automobiles and new buildings, becoming the second contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination to release a climate policy this week. The Washington governor, who is making climate change the primary focus of his inaugural White House run, said his nearly 2,900-word “100% Clean Energy for America Plan” is the first of a series of policies he intends to roll out before the first Democratic primary debate in June. The plan calls for shuttering all coal plants and setting a national clean electricity standard that requires 100 percent carbon-neutral power by 2030, leaving room for gas plants equipped with technology to capture and store heat-trapping pollution. It proposes rapidly building out electric vehicle infrastructure and mandating that all buses and new light- and medium-duty vehicles produce zero emissions within a decade. The platform lays out nine separate policies to eliminate emissions from heating, cooling and appliances in new buildings by the end of the next decade. (Snip) __________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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