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Summary
- The GOP platform emphasizes energy production, deregulation, and economic prosperity through abundant and affordable energy.
- The Democratic platform highlights aggressive climate action, clean energy investment, job creation, and environmental justice.
- The two parties are at odds with their approaches to climate change and energy policy.
The two major parties are miles, if not light years, apart on climate and energy policy. The two party platforms provide the official positions of both parties. Rather than editorialize about the differences, I thought it would be more useful to let the two parties speak for themselves.
I’ve pasted the relevant parts of the GOP platform below. The draft Democratic Platform has a lengthy discussion of climate change. Rather than introducing a subjective element by editing it myself, I’ve pasted the Party’s own summary of the platform provision. For those who are interested, however, the platform itself contains a detailed discussion of climate and environmental justice proposals. If there are any changes before it is finally adopted, other than replacing some references to Biden with references to Harris, I’ll do a follow-up post,
With that prelude, here’s what our two major parties have to say.
Read the full post at Legal Planet.
