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July 15, 2020

Joe Biden Unveils $2 Trillion Clean Energy and Jobs Plan
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has unveiled an economic
recovery plan that would see $2 trillion invested in clean energy
projects over four years. Biden's plan calls for new infrastructure
projects, investments in electric cars and zero-emissions public
transportation, an end to carbon pollution in U.S. power generation by
2035, a new Civilian Climate Corps and more. Biden laid out his plan in
a speech in Delaware on Tuesday.

Joe Biden: "When Donald Trump thinks about climate change, the only word
he can muster is 'hoax.' When I think about climate change, the word I
think of is 'jobs.'"

Biden's plan drew measured praise from the Sunrise Movement, the
youth-led climate action group that's pushing for the Green New Deal.
The group tweeted, "This plan isn't perfect, & there are still gaps and
places to push, but it's a major step forward, & parts are more
ambitious than what Bernie Sanders ran on in 2016, or Jay Inslee
championed in 2020."


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