Democrats Urge 2020 Presidential Candidates To Prioritize Climate Change

Key Democratic lawmakers are urging their party's presidential candidates to make climate change a top issue in the 2020 election, compared to its lower-tier status in prior campaigns, arguing that would draw a sharp contrast with President Donald Trump and build a groundswell of public support for major climate mitigation policies. “Don't allow the conversation, the political conversation, to push the issue of climate change off to the side,” said Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), who is sponsoring a bipartisan carbon...