Presidential hopeful Tom Steyer unveiled a five-part plan to tackle climate change today
for how his administration would tackle climate change. The "justice-centered" proposal outlined by Steyer's presidential campaign echoes similar tenets of other 2020 Democratic hopefuls' plans, but hinges on social justice issues protecting low-income communities and workers, while pledging to declare climate change a national emergency.
"We would redirect existing money to this plan," he added. "It is basically taking the emergency powers of the presidency and using it to affect what we need to effect. ... Some of those things you can do in the normal course, and some of those things you can only do by declaring the emergency."Steyer calls for cutting "fossil fuel pollution" from all sectors in order to achieve a 100 percent clean energy economy and net-zero global-warming pollution by 2045.
Internationally, Steyer's plan would re-commit the U.S. to the Paris climate agreement, and would "enforce human rights and environment requirements for international energy projects."The Steyer campaign estimates the plan would cost $2.3 trillion in public investment.
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