The national climate debate is getting a hearing in the Bay Area, as a North Bay Congressman brought in the issue at a recent town hall meeting.
Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) made the case for the Democrats’ recently released Climate Crisis Action Plan, and laid out the plan at a virtual town hall meeting this past week.
“Next step is to try to get this country on a path to dramatically reduce emissions and hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius,” he told KCBS Radio.
The goal of the Climate Crisis Action Plan is to achieve a net-zero emission economy by 2050.
“Different sectors of the economy have different recommendations and policies, but the electricity that we use is going to have to be 100% clean, and that can happen very quickly,” he said.
Other recommendations include increasing public investment and clean energy technology, as well as strengthening emission standards.