“I, as majority leader, will introduce bold and far-reaching climate legislation,” he wrote. “The proposal for electric cars would be a key element of that bill.”The senator’s clean car plan is the first specific climate policy proposal he has put forward since an interview with The Times in March, in which Mr. Schumer laid out plans for Democrats to “go on offense on climate change” in the 2020 political campaigns. Mr. Trump’s potential Democratic presidential challengers have drafted ambitious climate change plans, many drawing from the Green New Deal, which calls for the elimination of all additional emissions of carbon dioxide in the United States by 2030. But the Green New Deal offers few specifics on how to achieve that target. If enacted, it would take a significant slice out of carbon dioxide pollution from automobiles, America’s largest producer of planet-warming emissions.

Source: International New York Times October 25, 2019 00:56 UTC