The 2024 presidential election will have implications for energy, public lands and climate policies that will affect millions in Colorado and across the Rocky Mountain West.
For many Coloradans, who’ve been impacted by severe droughts and unprecedented wildfires in recent years, climate issues have long been a priority.
Environmental activists are working in battleground states to energize climate-focused voters ahead of Election Day. CBS News senior coordinating producer of climate Tracy Wholf has more.
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What would Trump and Harris do on energy, environment and climate change?
The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election
The Stakes: What a Trump or Harris presidency would mean for climate change
In 2023, Congress passed sweeping legislation signed into law by President Biden to accelerate the U.S. economy’s transition away from fossil fuels in an effort to slow steadily rising global temperatures.
President Joe Biden announced billions in funding for several climate-related initiatives just weeks before the 2024 presidential election.
A majority of voters say that climate change is a major issue in the 2024 election — so where do Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump stand? Yahoo News explains.
In history there are lessons. History shows that once, both Democrats and Republicans sought to better understand and address climate change. History shows how easily partisan divides take root and stymie progress. And history foreshadows that in this election, only Harris will be a leader in the global effort to combat climate change.
Proposition 4 would provide $10 billion for a wide array of conservation and climate goals including wildfire prevention, water storage, flood mitigation and extreme heat projects.
Kopp said while New Jersey is trying to mitigate the effects of climate change, such as proposing new rules known as Protecting Against Climate Threats Resilient Environments and Landscapes (NJPACT REAL), it helps “to have a federal partner in preparing for those events of climate change.”
The upcoming US presidential election will determine how the country regulates tech, combats the climate crisis and decides on access to abortion
Trump's global warming refernces on the campaign trail include narratives that misrepresent reality and conflict with decades of data.
The next President will have to deal with a stream of unnatural disasters. So perhaps it would be wise for Harris to more aggressively remind voters of the stakes.
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