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"Hillary Clinton Could Run On Strongest Climate Change Platform Ever"

"The Democrats’ draft platform won’t be ratified until the convention, but climate activists are already hailing it as a ‘monumental victory’".

"Hillary Clinton could campaign much more aggressively against climate change than any US presidential candidate before her, under a draft platform adopted by Democratic party leaders.

The leaders committed the presumptive Democratic nominee to a carbon tax, a climate test for future pipelines and tighter rules on fracking – all stronger positions than those held by Clinton herself at the start of the race.

The Clinton camp said, after the platform was adopted, that she does not support a carbon tax and the draft still needs to be ratified at the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia this month."

Suzanne Goldenberg and Oliver Milman report for the Guardian July 11, 2016.

SEE ALSO:

"Dems Strike Compromise On Energy Provisions In Platform" (E&E Daily)

"Republican Platform Declares Coal Is Clean" (Grist)

"Sanders’ Final Win: Climate Action In The Democratic Platform" (Grist)

Source: Guardian, 07/12/2016