1. Reach 100% renewable energy for electricity and transportation by no later than 2030 and complete decarbonization of the economy no later than 2050.
2. Create 20 million green jobs.
3. Invest in ecologically regenerative and sustainable agriculture.
4. Create a $40 billion Climate Justice Resiliency Fund for under-resourced groups, communities of color, etc.
5. Rejoin the Paris Agreement.
- Expand the four existing federal Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) that cover 33 states to build more than enough wind, solar, energy storage and geothermal power plants, and build one more PMA to cover the remaining states and territories
- Spend $526 billion on a modern smart grid
- Provide $2.18 trillion for sliding-scale grants for low- and moderate-income families and small businesses to invest in weatherizing and retrofitting their homes and businesses
- Establish a federal mandate through the Department of Energy to ensure that new and existing commercial buildings and wealthy homeowners meet our energy retrofit goals
- Stop the building of new nuclear power plants and enact a moratorium on nuclear power plant license renewals in the US
- Create a federal grant and zero-emission vehicle program, including grants to low- and moderate-income families
- Establish a nationwide materials recycling program to build wind turbines, solar panels, new cars, and batteries
- Provide $150 billion in infrastructure grants and technical assistance for municipalities and states to build publicly owned broadband networks
- Build 7.4 million affordable housing units
- End fossil fuel subsidies and ban offshore drilling
Cost: $16.3 trillion
Said the plan will pay for itself over 15 years
Sanders' biggest legislative climate accomplishment was a national energy efficiency grant program ($3.2 billion) he introduced his first year in the Senate. It passed in 2007.
"I have seven grandchildren, and I’m going to be damned if I’m going to leave them a planet that is unhealthy and uninhabitable."
Goal is to "keep oil, gas and coal in the ground."
https://berniesanders.com/en/issues/green-new-deal/
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/22/bernie-sanders-2020-climate-change-1471638
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24062019/bernie-sanders-climate-change-global-warming-election-2020-candidate-profile