Tom Steyer: ‘I Would Declare a [Global Warming] State of Emergency on Day 1’

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STEYER: “Rachel, I’m the only person on this stage that will say climate is the number one priority for me. Vice president Biden won’t say it. Senator Warren won’t say it. It’s a state of emergency, and I would declare a state of emergency on day one. I would use the emergency powers of the presidency. I know that we have to do this. I’ve spent a decade fighting and beating oil companies, stopping pipelines, stopping fossil fuel plants, ensuring clean energy across the country. I know that we have to do this. I also know that we can do this. I would make this the number one priority of my foreign policy as well. We can do this and create literally millions of good paying union Jobs across this country. I would make sure that my climate policy was led by environmental justice, and members of the communities where this society has chosen to put our air and water pollution which are in low income black and brown communities. And when we’re asked how are we going to pull this country together? How about this. We save the world and do it together. Do you think that would pull America together? I do.”