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 Democratic debates heated up all the way to lukewarm on climate
Well, the second portion of the first Democratic primary debate came and went on Thursday night, and climate change fared only a bit better than it did the first night.
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Climate activists protest at the DNC headquarters ahead of the first primary debate
Ten candidates will take the stage at the first official Democratic National Committee debate tonight in Miami, Florida. But a question already looms over the festivities: Should the DNC host a climate-themed debate?
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Watch out, Big Oil. Jay Inslee’s back at it again with a greenhouse gas fee.
Adding to his growing stack of policies aimed at averting the climate crisis, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, one of the 23 Democrats running for president, announced Monday the fourth part of his Climate Mission: the Freedom from Fossil Fuels plan.
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Can climate change be stopped? Here’s what the Democratic presidential candidates say.
Leave it to a politician to figure out the right way to answer an unanswerable question.
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The group that pushed the Green New Deal sets its sights on 2020 and beyond
Grist sat down with Executive Director Varshini Prakash to discuss the Green New Deal and the Democratic candidates.
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The problem with Biden’s plan to push China on climate
The U.S. has to re-establish its own credibility on climate change before it can tell others what to do.
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Introducing the first 2020 climate plan that doesn’t sing the Green New Deal’s praises
On Thursday, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper unveiled a climate plan that diverges from other candidates' plans in one major way.
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Can the U.S. lead the world on climate again? These candidates think so.
All the Democratic candidates want to return to the Paris agreement. Only Jay Inslee and Joe Biden have laid out strategies for making it work.
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Claims of Joe Biden plagiarism now have a climate chapter
Just when it seemed like a policy slam dunk, plagiarism claims surface around Biden’s climate plan.
