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| Joe Biden plans to outline a proposal Tuesday that would transform the nation’s energy industry with a new pledge to eliminate carbon pollution from power plants by 2035, according to a person briefed on his proposal. | Joe Biden plans to outline a proposal Tuesday that would transform the nation’s energy industry with a new pledge to eliminate carbon pollution from power plants by 2035, according to a person briefed on his proposal. |
| The plan would dramatically reduce the country’s reliance on fossil fuels, and the 15-year timeline for a 100 percent clean electricity standard is far more ambitious than anything Biden has previously proposed. | The plan would dramatically reduce the country’s reliance on fossil fuels, and the 15-year timeline for a 100 percent clean electricity standard is far more ambitious than anything Biden has previously proposed. |
| It is the latest sign of Biden’s attempt to reflect the liberal energy in his party, as well as a response to calls for more sweeping plans to lift an economy that is expected to feel the impact of the coronavirus pandemic for years. | It is the latest sign of Biden’s attempt to reflect the liberal energy in his party, as well as a response to calls for more sweeping plans to lift an economy that is expected to feel the impact of the coronavirus pandemic for years. |
| Biden is also expected to call for some $2 trillion in spending over four years to remake the clean energy economy, according to a report from Bloomberg News, which first reported several other details of the plan. It is unclear exactly how or whether Biden would propose paying for the new spending, and it was also initially unclear how he would propose accomplishing the goal of 100 percent clean electricity by 2035. | Biden is also expected to call for some $2 trillion in spending over four years to remake the clean energy economy, according to a report from Bloomberg News, which first reported several other details of the plan. It is unclear exactly how or whether Biden would propose paying for the new spending, and it was also initially unclear how he would propose accomplishing the goal of 100 percent clean electricity by 2035. |
| A task force made up of allies of Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) recently recommended that Biden embrace plans to dramatically expand solar and wind energy, including the installation of 500 million solar panels and 60,000 wind turbines within five years. | A task force made up of allies of Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) recently recommended that Biden embrace plans to dramatically expand solar and wind energy, including the installation of 500 million solar panels and 60,000 wind turbines within five years. |
| Biden’s campaign declined to comment on Monday night but earlier in the day briefed environmental and energy groups in advance of his Tuesday speech. | Biden’s campaign declined to comment on Monday night but earlier in the day briefed environmental and energy groups in advance of his Tuesday speech. |
| Biden’s plan is likely to trigger a vigorous debate with President Trump, who has a much different approach to the country’s energy sector and climate policy. | |
| Trump, a strong backer of fossil fuels, has sought to roll back some of the Obama administration’s policies that were aimed at decreasing carbon dioxide emissions or setting new standards for household items such as lightbulbs. He has also downplayed the science behind climate change, and in 2017 he pulled the United States out of the Paris climate pact. | |
| Trump has also said that he ended the country’s “war on coal” as he has promoted the fossil fuel industry, which some key battleground states like Pennsylvania rely upon. | |
| Biden is also expected to call for the creation of a “climate conservation corps,” an idea that was promoted during the Democratic primary by Gov. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and modeled after the Civilian Conservation Corps established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression. | Biden is also expected to call for the creation of a “climate conservation corps,” an idea that was promoted during the Democratic primary by Gov. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and modeled after the Civilian Conservation Corps established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression. |
| Biden has spoken with Inslee, who ran against Biden in the Democratic primary with a campaign focused sharply on climate change, and former Inslee advisers have been working with Biden’s campaign to craft his energy policy. | Biden has spoken with Inslee, who ran against Biden in the Democratic primary with a campaign focused sharply on climate change, and former Inslee advisers have been working with Biden’s campaign to craft his energy policy. |
| Biden is also planning to outline environmental justice provisions, including a proposal that some 40 percent of the money he is wants to spend on clean energy spending go to historically disadvantaged communities. | Biden is also planning to outline environmental justice provisions, including a proposal that some 40 percent of the money he is wants to spend on clean energy spending go to historically disadvantaged communities. |
| Biden held a fundraiser Monday with about 140 executives where he spoke about his focus on clean energy. | Biden held a fundraiser Monday with about 140 executives where he spoke about his focus on clean energy. |
| “I don’t have to be Pollyannaish about this: Donald Trump has ignored the warning, refused to prepare,” he said of the climate crisis. | “I don’t have to be Pollyannaish about this: Donald Trump has ignored the warning, refused to prepare,” he said of the climate crisis. |
| The former vice president also said he would take swift action and set a more urgent timeline than his earlier proposal, which would have sought to eliminate carbon emissions from power plans by 2050. | The former vice president also said he would take swift action and set a more urgent timeline than his earlier proposal, which would have sought to eliminate carbon emissions from power plans by 2050. |
| That 2050 deadline, he said, “is a million years from now in most people. My plan is focused on taking action — now. God willing I win and even if I serve eight years, I want to make sure we put down such a marker that it’s impossible for the next president to turn it around.” | That 2050 deadline, he said, “is a million years from now in most people. My plan is focused on taking action — now. God willing I win and even if I serve eight years, I want to make sure we put down such a marker that it’s impossible for the next president to turn it around.” |
| The first question at the fundraiser was from Steve Lockard of TPI Composites, who said he is a Republican supporting Biden because of the Trump administration’s lack of action on climate change. His asked how Biden would make climate a priority, given all the other crises the country is facing. | The first question at the fundraiser was from Steve Lockard of TPI Composites, who said he is a Republican supporting Biden because of the Trump administration’s lack of action on climate change. His asked how Biden would make climate a priority, given all the other crises the country is facing. |
| “The irony of all ironies is it makes it all easier in a bizarre way,” Biden said, by paving the way for social change and creating the need for an economic jolt. | “The irony of all ironies is it makes it all easier in a bizarre way,” Biden said, by paving the way for social change and creating the need for an economic jolt. |
| “We’re facing a historic set of crises — a pandemic, an economic crisis, and systemic racism,” Biden said, adding of the climate crisis, “the most sweeping crisis of all touches each one.” | “We’re facing a historic set of crises — a pandemic, an economic crisis, and systemic racism,” Biden said, adding of the climate crisis, “the most sweeping crisis of all touches each one.” |
| Climate change, Biden said, “is the existential threat to humanity, and it is real. It is real. And it is urgent, and the public is becoming aware of it. And it may be the very answer to get us out of this economic situation we’re in.” | Climate change, Biden said, “is the existential threat to humanity, and it is real. It is real. And it is urgent, and the public is becoming aware of it. And it may be the very answer to get us out of this economic situation we’re in.” |
| He said that he would issue executive orders on his first day in office to rescind those that Trump issued to block the Obama administration’s efforts to cut back on emissions. | He said that he would issue executive orders on his first day in office to rescind those that Trump issued to block the Obama administration’s efforts to cut back on emissions. |