Why Aren’t Climate Activists Excited About Bloomberg's White House Run?

"Michael Bloomberg has poured his time and hundreds of millions of dollars into projects aimed at getting the world 'beyond carbon,' but can he win the presidency?"

"One of the Trump administration's favorite environmental talking points is that the United States has reduced carbon emissions more than any other country.

It's not an achievement that Trump can take any credit for. But his latest potential challenger, Michael Bloomberg, arguably can take some.

As market forces and regulatory controls were driving coal from its perch as the dominant electricity fuel in the U.S., they got a big assist from the Sierra Club's multimillion-dollar Beyond Coal campaign, launched in 2012 and bankrolled by Bloomberg."

Marianne Lavelle reports for InsideClimate News November 24, 2019.

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"Climate Change Protesters Stage Sit-In At Mayor Pete Buttigieg's Office" (The Hill)

"Candidates Put Their Own Spin On Climate Message" (E&E Daily)

"Voters Want More Climate-Change Debate, But The Democratic Event Gave Less Than 10 Minutes To The Issue" (MarketWatch)

"A Guide To How 2020 Democrats Plan To Fight Climate Change" (Vox)

"Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Climate Change" (U.S. News)

Source: InsideClimate News, 11/25/2019