Here's where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on climate change
The 2024 U.S. presidential election may prove to be the most pivotal in the country's fight against climate change. The 2024 U.S. presidential election may prove to be pivotal in how the country's handles climate change. When the next president enters office in January 2025, the U.S. will be a mere 25 years away from its goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Here’s a brief look at where the major candidates stand on the issue. Joe Biden Biden began reversing environmental policies enacted by Trump almost as soon as he was sworn in, in January 2021, including immediately reentering the U.S. into the Paris climate agreement and revoking permits for the Keystone Pipeline. Biden, now seeking reelection as a Democrat, has referred to the changing climate as "the existential threat to humanity," including in an August 2020 interview, alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, with ABC New anchor David Muir. During his presidency, Biden's environmental agenda has incl...