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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Elizabeth Warren’s latest policy proposal shares roots with the Green New Deal
Warren wants Americans to get free access to national parks and has pledged to restore protections to national monuments like Bears Ears.
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Mayor Pete: 2020’s stealth climate candidate
Pete Buttigieg helped revive an Indiana town. Now he's running for the White House.
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Bernie Sanders, the godfather of the Green New Deal, announces presidential run
The 77-year-old isn’t just another Green New Deal bandwagoner.
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What would a national emergency over climate change look like?
Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar took to Twitter to call on the next president to declare climate change a national emergency upon taking office.
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The Green New Deal is quickly becoming a test for 2020 Democrats
What’s included in Thursday’s proposal is just as important as what’s left out.
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Cory Booker — and his full-throated support of nuclear energy — enters the presidential race
His reason: Fossil fuel pollution boosts asthma rates
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Kirsten Gillibrand doesn’t just support the ‘idea’ of a Green New Deal, she’s wholly behind it
On Thursday, she tweeted out what amounts to the strongest endorsement of a Green New Deal from a 2020 candidate thus far.
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Should a future president declare climate change a national emergency?
Probably not, lawyers say.
