Bernie Sanders Unveils<br />$16 Trillion Climate Change Plan<br /> On August 22, presidential candidate Bernie<br />Sanders formally announced his new climate<br />focused proposal dubbed The Green New Deal. The ambitious plan declares climate change a<br />national emergency and proposes the commitment<br />of $16.3 trillion to address the issue. That is significantly larger amount than any<br />plan released by his Democratic opponents. In his plan, Sanders proposes reaching<br />100 percent renewable energy by 2030<br />and total decarbonization by 2050. Sander’s also proposes the transformation<br />of America’s agricultural system by investing<br />in small, family run farms over corporations. Another large aspect of the plan is the creation<br />of 20 million jobs with strong benefits and safety<br />standards, effectively ending unemployment. According to Sanders, The Green New Deal will pay<br />for itself over a 15-year-period by scaling back military<br />spending and creating taxes for the fossil fuel industry. If successful, the proposal estimates that the United<br />States will save $70.4 trillion in the next 80 years.
