“You can't approach this on a halfsies deal,” says 2020 hopeful JayInslee, who says there's no middle ground on climate change. 'It is not the real world to think Mitch McConnell is going to embrace a major effort to mobilize against the climate crisis.”
The five-point, 38-page proposal to combat climate change -- which he compared to former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal -- further highlights how Inslee is banking his presidential run on voters' deeply held concerns about the issue.The second such plan of his presidential campaign, it also shows how Inslee believes climate change ties into some of the most pressing issues on the minds of voters, including jobs, health care and infrastructure.
"The proposal would also boost the investment in electric vehicle and battery technology, as well as establish a"federal 'Buy Clean' Program to help close the carbon loophole and support domestic industries and workers."Inslee argued in an interview with CNN that investments in clean energy are the best way to stimulate the economy and create jobs, adding that few other issues matter if climate change is left unchecked.
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