2020 Vision
Scientists have given us a timeline — the world has roughly a decade to take meaningful steps to slow climate change. Will Americans elect officials to federal, state, and local governments to ensure the nation does its part? It’s 2020, the planet is on the ballot, and Grist is detailing the stakes.
In This Series
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The climate solution Democrats aren’t talking about
In order to prevent dangerous levels of climate change, humanity needs to start pulling carbon out of the air. Why won’t 2020 candidates acknowledge that?
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My Climate Candidate
An interactive guide to where the 2020 presidential candidates stand on climate issues
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For 7 hours, Democratic presidential candidates talked climate crisis — and it was great
Grist watched all of CNN's Town Hall so you don't have to.
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Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and 4 others just released climate plans. Here’s what they say.
Too busy to skim? We've got the highlights from the new Klobuchar, Booker, Warren, Castro, Buttigieg, and Harris plans.
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Looking for a CNN Climate Crisis Town Hall drinking game? Bingo!
We’ve come up with the ultimate drinking game to complement the delicate aroma of the world bursting into flames.
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Jay Inslee’s parting gift: A plan to save American farms
The ex-2020 candidate implied that the other Democrats should steal his climate platform.
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Julián Castro’s Trump-defying plan to save endangered species
“The climate crisis is accelerating an unprecedented decline in biodiversity, threatening not only the future of animals but human life."
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The U.N. report calls for better farming. Which 2020 candidates have a plan for that?
To take on the climate crisis, our next president must change the way we produce food and manage our land.
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In Detroit, Democratic candidates actually did some climate debating
It wasn't a climate debate, but candidates' discussion of how to combat warming is evolving.
