"In the Senate, Kamala Harris backed an expansive climate plan. Young activists want her to embrace it again, but so do Republicans."
"The last time Vice President Kamala Harris tried to win the White House, she staked out aggressive positions on climate change, calling for a ban on fracking, a tax on carbon pollution and $10 trillion in spending to fight global warming. But one past action stands out as something that could be both an asset to Ms. Harris as well as an albatross.
As a senator in 2019, Ms. Harris cosponsored the Green New Deal, a nonbinding resolution that was centered around the idea that addressing climate change required significant changes in the economy. It called for converting the electric grid to 100 percent clean energy this decade, declared clean air, clean water and healthy food to be basic human rights. But it also endorsed free health care and affordable housing for all Americans.
Different variations of a Green New Deal had been circulating in Europe and in progressive circles in the United States for years before Senator Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, made a first effort to get Congress to endorse the idea. Ms. Harris joined them."
Lisa Friedman reports for the New York Times July 26, 2024.
SEE ALSO:
"Harris Does Not Support Fracking Ban: Campaign Official" (The Hill)
"Climate Leaders Say Harris Has ‘Lit An Electric Spark’ With Young Voters" (Washington Post)
"Why These Environmental Groups Still Aren’t Endorsing Harris" (Politico)
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