Ewire: White House hopefuls float new climate plans

Several top Democratic candidates for president in 2020 are floating new climate-related proposals, with the plans focusing on boosting energy efficiency in public housing, deploying low-carbon transportation and other infrastructure, and responding to catastrophic wildfires in the West. The housing measure is being introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who says the $172 billion proposal is the first concrete measure fleshing out the broad Green New Deal climate resolution he and other progressives are sponsoring, according to a Vox...