Issue Position: Protect the Environment

Issue Position

There can be no confusion -- the scientific community has come to a consensus on climate change. It is real, and it is rapidly creating irreversible changes to our Earth. We must take steps to stop these devastating effects, for the sake of our economy and our security.

We must stop propping up the dying fossil fuel industry and instead reward research and development in clean energy. We must continue to challenge the automotive industry to put their ingenuity to work to ensure that Americans drive cleaner, safer cars. We must ensure that our students are being taught to respect science and discovery so that they can continue improving the world after we are gone. We should engage our technical college systems in training displaced workers in learning these new technologies, taking the work ethic and resilience for which this country is known and applying it to the challenges of the future.

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